Biology:Orolestes

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Short description: Genus of damselflies

Orolestes
Lestidae (Orolestes wallacei) male (14242862012).jpg
Orolestes wallacei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Orolestes
McLachlan, 1895

Orolestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are about seven described species in Orolestes.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Orolestes:

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987 India
Orolestes excelsus Fraser, 1933 Thailand
Orolestes motis Baijal & Agarwal, 1956 India
Orolestes octomaculatus Martin, 1904 Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia
Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895 Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, China
Lestidae (Orolestes wallacei) male (14242862012).jpg Orolestes wallacei (Kirby, 1889) Malaysia

References

  1. "Orolestes". https://www.gbif.org/species/1424124. Retrieved 2020-01-25. 
  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 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. 
  3. "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  4. "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 2019-07-02. 

Further reading

  • 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2061601 entry