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Taxonomy
Lestes was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Lestes conexus. It is the type genus of Lestidae, Lestinae.
It was reranked as Agrion (Lestes) by Heer (1849).
It was assigned to Agrion by Heer (1849); to Lestinae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestidae by Carpenter (1992) and Simonsen et al. (2022).
It was reranked as Agrion (Lestes) by Heer (1849).
It was assigned to Agrion by Heer (1849); to Lestinae by Nel and Paicheler (1994); and to Lestidae by Carpenter (1992) and Simonsen et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1815 | Lestes Leach |
1849 | Agrion (Lestes) Heer p. 55 |
1992 | Lestes Carpenter p. 85 |
1994 | Lestes Nel and Paicheler |
2022 | Lestes Simonsen 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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available