Megalestes

Megalestes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Synlestidae
Genus:	Megalestes Selys, 1862

Megalestes is a genus of malachite in the damselfly family Synlestidae. There are at least 20 described species in Megalestes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Megalestes:

• Megalestes anglicus Cockerell
• Megalestes australis Karube, 2014
• Megalestes chengi Chao, 1947
• Megalestes discus Wilson, 2004
• Megalestes distans Needham, 1930
• Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017
• Megalestes haui Wilson & Reels, 2003
• Megalestes heros Needham, 1930
• Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926
• Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
• Megalestes lieftincki Lahiri, 1979
• Megalestes maai Chen, 1947
• Megalestes major Selys, 1862
• Megalestes micans Needham, 1930
• Megalestes omeiensis Chao, 1965
• Megalestes palaceus Zhou & Zhou, 2008
• Megalestes raychoudhurii Lahiri, 1987
• Megalestes riccii Navás, 1935
• Megalestes suensoni Asahina, 1956
• Megalestes tuska Wilson & Reels, 2003

References

1. "Megalestes". 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. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. 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. 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.