Biology:Hypolestidae

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Short description: Family of damselflies

Hypolestidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Hypolestidae
Fraser, 1938

Hypolestidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Hypolestidae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Hypolestidae:[4][5]

  • Hypolestes Gundlach, 1888
  • Anglohypolestes Nel & Fleck, 2014
  • Eohypolestes Nel & Fleck, 2014
  • Prohypolestes Nel & Paichele, 1994

References

  1. "Hypolestidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/4799084. Retrieved 2019-05-24. 
  2. Dijkstra, Klaas‐Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R. et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39: 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. 
  3. "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-05-24. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 2019-05-24. 

Further reading

  • Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0. http://nearctica.com/nomina/pdfs/volume4/volume4.htm. 
  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3. 
  • Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19375075 entry