Megalestes

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Megalestes
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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]

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Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Megalestes:

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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. 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.

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