Orolestes

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

Orolestes
Orolestes wallacei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Orolestes
McLachlan, 1895

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Orolestes:

  • Orolestes durga Lahiri, 1987
  • Orolestes excelsus Fraser, 1933
  • Orolestes motis Baijal & Agarwal, 1956
  • Orolestes octomaculatus Martin, 1904
  • Orolestes ridleyi Laidlaw, 1902
  • Orolestes selysi McLachlan, 1895
  • Orolestes wallacei (Kirby, 1889)

References
  1. "Orolestes". GBIF. 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". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. 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). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). 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.


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