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Eolestes

Insecta - Odonata - Eolestidae

Taxonomy
Eolestes was named by Cockerell (1940). Its type is Eolestes syntheticus. It is the type genus of Eolestidae.

It was assigned to Zygoptera by Carpenter (1992); to Synlestidae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Eolestidae by Greenwalt and Bechly (2014).

Species
E. ramosus, E. syntheticus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eolestes Cockerell
1992Eolestes Carpenter p. 88
1994Eolestes Nel and Paicheler
2014Eolestes Greenwalt and Bechly p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
OdonatopteraMartynov 1932
Palaeodonatoptera
Plesiodonatoptera
Apodonatoptera
Paneodonatoptera
RankNameAuthor
Neodonatoptera
Euodonatoptera
OdonatocladaBechly 1999
Nodialata
Discoidalia
Stigmoptera
Lobodonata
Panodonata
orderOdonata
suborderZygopteraSelys-Longchamps 1854
Euzygoptera
Lestomorpha
Lestiformia
Eulestiformia
Lestida
Lestodea
superfamilyLestoideaFraser 1957
familyEolestidae
genusEolestes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eolestes Cockerell 1940
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Eolestes ramosus Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available