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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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1940 | Eolestes Cockerell |
1992 | Eolestes Carpenter p. 88 |
1994 | Eolestes Nel and Paicheler |
2014 | Eolestes Greenwalt and Bechly p. 140 |
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G. †Eolestes Cockerell 1940
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†Eolestes ramosus Greenwalt and Bechly 2014
†Eolestes syntheticus Cockerell 1940
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available