Biology:Platylestes
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Short description: Genus of damselflies
Platylestes | |
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Platylestes platystylus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Lestidae |
Genus: | Platylestes Selys, 1862 |
Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.[1][2][3][4][5]
Species
These four species belong to the genus Platylestes:
Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck, 1932 | Java | |||
120px | Platylestes kirani Emiliyamma, Palot & Charesh, 2020 | Kerala, South India. | ||
Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck, 1932 | Bengal and Myanmar | |||
120px | Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842) | Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kerala, South India. |
References
- ↑ "Platylestes". https://www.gbif.org/species/1424121. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ↑ 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. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/604460/Dijkstra_et_al_2014_Systematic_Entomology.pdf.
- ↑ "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ K.G. Emiliyamma; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; C. Charesh (2020-09-26). "A new species of Platylestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) from the coastal area of Kannur District, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (13): 16854–16860. doi:10.11609/jott.5209.12.13.16854-16860. ISSN 0974-7907. https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5209.
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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2848954 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platylestes.
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