Biology:Lestoideidae

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The Lestoideidae are a family of damselflies occurring in South-east Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[1] The family comprises two genera and nine species.[2]

Genera

Lestoideidae is an accepted family name and until recently it was considered to be monotypic with only one genus, Lestoidea. However, research over the last twenty years or so has suggested that the genus Diphlebia is also part of Lestoideidae.[1][2]

The family now includes the following genera:[3]

Note: It is important to distinguish the genus Lestoidea from the superfamily Lestoidea. They have the same spelling, but the superfamily is based on the genus Lestes.

Taxonomic history

The family includes the Australian genera Lestoidea and Diphlebia, which were historically treated as separate lineages. Heymer (1975) placed Diphlebia in the family Diphlebiidae, but Novelo-Gutiérrez (1995) argued that the two genera shared important characters and should be classified together. Because Lestoideidae Munz, 1919 predates Diphlebiidae Heymer, 1975, the older name has priority. Subsequent molecular studies supported the close relationship of the two genera, and modern classifications place them together in Lestoideidae.[2][4][5]

Etymology

The family name Lestoideidae is derived from the type genus Lestoidea, with the standard zoological suffix -idae used for animal families. The genus name Lestoidea is derived from Lestes and the Greek suffix -οειδής (oeidēs, "resembling" or "having the form of"), indicating resemblance to that genus.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Family LESTOIDEIDAE". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lestoideidae. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dijkstra, K.D.B. (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. http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/zootaxa.3703.1.9/4279. 
  3. ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. 
  4. ↑ Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo (1995). "The larva of Amphipteryx and a reclassification of Amphipterygidae sensu lato, based upon the larvae (Zygoptera)". Odonatologica 24: 73–87. 
  5. ↑ van Tol, Jan (1995). "Family-group names based on Amphipteryx, Diphlebia, Philoganga, Lestoidea, Rimanella and Pentaphlebia (Zygoptera)". Odonatologica 24: 245–248. 
  6. ↑ Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 (1912): 404–479 [428]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352. Bibcode: 1913PLSNS..37..404T. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2903660. 
  7. ↑ Endersby, Ian (2012). "Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S.". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 134: 1-16. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/5941. 

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