Hypolestidae

Hypolestidae
Scientific classification
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". GBIF. 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. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-05-24.
4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
5. "The Paleobiology Database, family Hypolestidae" . Retrieved 2019-05-24.

Further reading

• Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN   978-1-889002-04-0.
• 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. Vol. 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.