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Taxonomy
Lestidae was named by Calvert (1901). It is extant. Its type is Lestes.
It was assigned to Odonata by Tillyard (1916); to Zygoptera by Tillyard (1918) and Carpenter (1992); and to Lestoidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Bechly (2007).
It was assigned to Odonata by Tillyard (1916); to Zygoptera by Tillyard (1918) and Carpenter (1992); and to Lestoidea by Nel and Paicheler (1994) and Bechly (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1901 | Lestidae Calvert p. 45 |
| 1901 | Lestinae Calvert p. 45 |
| 1916 | Lestidae Tillyard |
| 1918 | Lestidae Tillyard |
| 1951 | Sympecmatinae Fraser |
| 1992 | Lestidae Carpenter p. 85 |
| 1994 | Lestidae Nel and Paicheler |
| 1994 | Lestinae Nel and Paicheler |
| 1994 | Sympecmatinae Nel and Paicheler |
| 2007 | Lestidae Bechly |
| 2022 | Lestinae Xia et al. |
| 2022 | Sympecmatinae Xia et al. |
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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.
Fm. Lestidae Calvert 1901 [spread-winged damselfly]
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G. Lestes Leach 1815
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†Lestes aquisextana Nel 1985
†Lestes arvernus Piton 1935
†Lestes brisaci Nel et al. 1997
†Lestes ceresti Nel and Papazian 1985
†Lestes conexus Yan and Tang 1976
†Lestes datangensis Wang 1976
†Lestes dianacompteae Compte-Sart 2014
†Lestes forsterii Hess 1895
†Lestes irenea Nel 1987
†Lestes leucosia Heer 1849
†Lestes ligea Heer 1849
†Lestes lutzi Nel and Paicheler 1994
†Lestes peisinoe Heer 1849
†Lestes plicata Piton and Théobald 1939
†Lestes regina Theobald 1937
†Lestes sieblosiformis Cosmovici and Pauca 1955
†Lestes statzi Schmidt 1958
†Lestes vicina Hagen 1858
†Lestes zalesskyi Piton 1940
G. Sympecma Selys 1840
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†Sympecma incerta Piton 1935
†Sympecma ribesalbesensis Peñalver et al. 1996
Invalid names: Lestinae Calvert 1901 [invalid subgroup], Sympecmatinae Fraser 1951 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available