Lestes

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Lestes
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female Lestes sponsa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Lestes
Leach, 1815 [1]

Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. [2] The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.

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The name Lestes comes from the Greek word λῃστής (lēistēs) meaning predator. [3]

Extant Species

The genus Lestes includes the following species: [4]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lestes alacer 16096989.jpg Plateau spreadwing (26597137254).jpg Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861Plateau Spreadwing [5] Central America and North America
Lestes alfonsoi González & Novelo, 2001Central America.
Lestes amicus Martin, 1910Congo, Tanzania, Angola
Lestes angularis Fraser, 1929India
Lestes apollinaris Navás, 1934Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Lestes auripennis Fraser, 1955Madagascar
Lestes auritus Hagen in Selys, 1862Brazil
Lestes australis 11286516.jpg Southern Spreadwing - Lestes australis, Big Thicket National Preserve, Kountze, Texas - 25934709655.jpg Lestes australis Walker, 1952Southern Spreadwing [5] North America
Southern Emerald Damselfly (9285227472).jpg LestesBarbarusFemale.jpg Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)Southern Emerald Damselfly, [6] Migrant Spreadwing [7] Europe in a band across Spain, France, Italy and Greece to India and Mongolia.
Lestes basidens Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina
A male Dusky Spreadwing damselfly.jpg A female Dusky Spreadwing damselfly.jpg Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862Dusky SpreadwingIndia, Southeast Asia as far as New Caledonia, and northern parts of Australia
Lestes species.jpg Lestidae - Lestes congener.JPG Lestes congener Hagen, 1861Spotted Spreadwing [5] Canada and in the United States
Lestes curvatus Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes debellardi De Marmels, 1992Surinam
Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909Brazil
Northern Spreadwing (15065316741).jpg Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) - MacGregor Point Provincial Park 01.jpg Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Northern Spreadwing [5] United States and Canada.
Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955Cryptic SpreadwingAngola; Benin; Botswana; Côte d'Ivoire; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes dorothea-Thekkady-2018-09-09-001.jpg Lestes dorothea-Kadavoor-2018-08-05-002.jpg Lestes dorothea Fraser, 1924Forest Spreadwingsouth and northeast India to Thailand and Malaysia
LestesDryasElderMale.jpg Scarce Emerald Damselfly (Lestes dryas) female (34515365954).jpg Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Emerald Spreadwing, [5] Scarce Emerald Damselfly, [6] Robust Spreadwing, [7] Turlough Spreadwing [8] central Europe and Asia from France to the Pacific and across North America
Emerald spreadwing4 (lestes elatus) pcc ceeraaccirrk[?] male.jpg Emerald spreadwing2 (lestes elatus) pcc ceeraaccirrk[?] Female.jpg Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862India, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Lestes eurinus 42318970.jpg Lestes eurinus Say, 1839Amber-winged Spreadwing [5] Northeastern North America
Lestes falcifer Sjöstedt, 1918Venezuela
Lestes fernandoi Costa, De Souza & Muzón, 2006Brazil
Sweetflag Spreadwing (Lestes forcipatus) - MacGregor Point Provincial Park.jpg Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842Sweetflag Spreadwing [5] Canada and the United States
Lestes forficula 34308859.jpg Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842Rainpool Spreadwing [5] Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America
Lestes garoensis Lahiri, 1987India
Lestes helix Ris, 1918Peru, Venezuela
Lestes henshawi Calvert, 1907Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker, 1869Tawny SpreadwingBenin; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gambia; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; South Sudan; Sudan; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Elegant spreadwing (%3F) (42923927762).jpg Elegant Spreadwing - Lestes inaequalis, Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel, Maryland - 14440132944.jpg Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862Elegant Spreadwing [5] eastern Canada and the United States
Lestes japonicus Selys, 1883Japan, Korean Peninsula, Eastern Russia
Lestes jerrelli Tennessen, 1997Ecuador
Lestes jurzitzai Muzon, 1994Brazil
Lestes macrostigma2.jpg Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann, 1836)Dark Emerald Damselfly [9] or Dark Spreadwing [7] Europe into Central Asia and the Middle East
Lestes malabaricus Fraser.jpg Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929Sri Lanka, South India and Andaman Islands
Lestes malaisei Schmidt, 1964Myanmar
Lestes minutus Selys, 1862Brazil, Trinidad, Venezuela
Lestes nigriceps.jpg Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924Cambodia
Lestes nodalis 12.jpg Lestes nodalis female.jpg Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891Northeast India, Thailand and China.
Lestes numidicus Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003Algeria
Lestes ochraceus Selys, 1862Benin; Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; South Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes pallidus 2012 12 26.jpg Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842Angola; Botswana; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes patricia male-shrirambhakare4.jpg Lestes patricia female-shrirambhakare2.jpg Lestes patricia Fraser, 1924Western Ghats in India
Lestes paulistus Calvert, 1909Brazil
Lestes pictus Hagen in Selys, 1862Brazil
Lestes pinheyi Fraser, 1955Pinhey's SpreadwingAngola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Ghana; Malawi; Namibia; Nigeria; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes plagiatus 2017 11 28 1524.jpg Lestes plagiatus Karuraforest 1.jpg Lestes plagiatus (Burmeister, 1839)Highland SpreadwingAngola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes praecellens Lieftinck, 1937Malaysia
Lestes praemorsus 5.jpg Lestes praemorsus.jpg Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862India to China and south to New Guinea
Lestes praevius Lieftinck, 1940Sabah
Lestes pruinescens Martin, 1910Madagascar
Lestes quadristriatus Calvert, 1909Brazil
Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis.jpg Lestes rectangularis.JPG Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839Slender Spreadwing [5] eastern Canada and the United States
Lestes regulatus Martin, 1910Ethiopia
Lestes scalaris Gundlach, 1888Caribbean
Lestes secula May, 1993Panama
Lestes sigma 49198149.jpg Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901Chalky Spreadwing [5] Central America and North America
Lestes silvaticus Schmidt, 1951Madagascar
Lestes simplex Hagen, 1861Mexico
Lestes simulatrix McLachlan, 1895Madagascar
Lestes spatula Fraser, 1946Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
Common Spreadwing. Lestes sponsa. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Common Emerald Damselfly female. Lestes sponsa (27721611649).jpg Lestes sponsa (Hansemann, 1823)Emerald Damselfly, [6] Common Spreadwing [7] [8] central Europe and Asia from Spain to the Pacific
Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862Antillean Spreadwing [5] Caribbean Sea and North America.
Lestes sternalis Navás, 1930Colombia
Lestes stultus 6836306.jpg Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861Black Spreadwing [5] United States
Lestes temporalis(Male,Japan,2017.11.12,c).jpg Lestes temporalis(Female,Japan,17.08.23).jpg Lestes temporalis Selys, 1883Japan
Lestes tenuatus 22570712.jpg Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842Blue-striped SpreadwingCentral America, Ecuador
Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw, 1920emerald-striped spreadwingBangladesh, India, and Thailand
Lestes tikalus Kormoondy, 1959Guatemala
Lestes trichonus Belle, 1997Surinam
Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848British Guyana
Lestes tridens 024502-2.jpg Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895Spotted SpreadwingAngola; Botswana; Côte d'Ivoire; Congo-Brazzaville; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Gabon; Kenya; Liberia; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Somalia; Tanzania; Togo; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes umbrinus Selys, 1891Myanmar
Lestes uncifer Karsch, 1899Sickle SpreadwingCameroon; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Republic of South Africa; Somalia; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes undulatus Say, 1840Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile
Lestes unguiculatus 54807132.jpg Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861Lyre-tipped Spreadwing [5] United States
Lestes urubamba Kennedy, 1942Peru
Lestes vidua 28438286.jpg Lestes vidua Hagen, 1861Carolina Spreadwing [5] United States
Swamp Spreadwing.jpg Swamp spreadwing (25647804382).jpg Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862Swamp Spreadwing [5] United States
2014.07.14.-08-Zadlitzgraben Pressel--Kleine Binsenjungfer-junges Maennchen.jpg 2014.07.17.-25-Zadlitzgraben Pressel--Kleine Binsenjungfer-Weibchen.jpg Lestes virens (Charpentier, 1825)Small Emerald Damselfly, [9] Small Spreadwing [7] Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
Lestes virgatus 007539-1.jpg Lestes virgatus 022108-1.jpg Lestes virgatus (Burmeister, 1839)Smoky SpreadwingAngola; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Republic of South Africa; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lestes viridulus - Emerald-striped Spreadwing-milindbhakare (1).jpg Lestes viridulus - Emerald-striped Spreadwing-milindbhakare (8).jpg Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842Emerald-striped SpreadwingIndia

Fossils

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leach, W.E. (1815). "Entomology". In Brewster, D. (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Vol. 9 (reprint 1830 ed.). Edinburgh: William Blackburn. pp. 57–172 [137]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.30911.
  2. ↑ "Genus Lestes Leach, 1815". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Costantino D’Antonio and Francesca Vegliante. "Derivatio nominis libellularum europæarum" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "North American Odonata". University of Puget Sound. 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 "Checklist of UK Species". British Dragonfly Society . Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Checklist, English common names". DragonflyPix.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  8. 1 2 Brian Nelson; Robert Thompson (2004). The Natural History of Ireland's Dragonflies. Ulster Museum. ISBN   978-0-900761-45-4.
  9. 1 2 Jacques d'Aguilar; Jean-Louis Dommanget; René Préchac (1986). Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain, Europe and North Africa. Collins.
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