Lestidae

Lestidae
Female Austrolestes cingulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Lestoidea
Family: Lestidae
Calvert, 1901[1]
Type genus
Lestes

The Lestidae are a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies,[2] known commonly as the spreadwings or spread-winged damselflies.[3]

A male Lestes dryas in the "spread-winged" posture that gives the family its common name
  1. ^ Calvert, P.P. (1901). "Fam. Odonata". In Godman, F.D.; Salvin, O. (eds.). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. Insecta. Neuroptera (1892-1908). London: R.H. Porter. pp. 17–342, 342–410 [45]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.730.
  2. ^ Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
  3. ^ Lestidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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