Perilestes

Perilestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Perilestidae
Genus:	Perilestes Hagen, 1862

Perilestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Perilestidae. There are about eight described species in Perilestes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Perilestes:

• Perilestes attenuatus Selys, 1886
• Perilestes bispinus Kimmins, 1958
• Perilestes eustaquioi Machado, 2015
• Perilestes fragilis Hagen in Selys, 1862
• Perilestes gracillimus Kennedy, 1941
• Perilestes kahli Williamson & Williamson, 1924
• Perilestes minor Williamson & Williamson, 1924
• Perilestes solutus Williamson & Williamson, 1924

References

1. "Perilestes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
2. "Perilestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. 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 .
4. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. "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.