Species list, Checklist of Family Lestidae (Spread-winged damselflies) for Ecuador (Northern South America)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Spread-winged damselflies)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	569 8211 23107	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	566 8203 23100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	24 122 316	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	15 105 307	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	15 105 307	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	11 49 165	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	3 10 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly	2 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Ecuador
2 Genera with 8 Species

Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1825	Willow Spreadwings	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1842	Emerald Damselflies	7	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ecuador
8 Species

Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825	Green Emerald Damselfly
Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)	⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861	Plateau Spreadwing
Lestes apollinaris Navas, 1934
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798	Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842	Rainpool Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823	Common Emerald Damselfly
Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842	Blue-striped Spreadwing

Subnodes of Lestidae with occurrences in Ecuador

Subfamily

Lestinae
Calvert, 1901

1
7

Genus
Species

Taxom

Lestidae (Calvert 1901)

Links, sources and further information

Lestidae at artfakta.se
Lestidae at dyntaxa.se
Lestidae at gbif.org
Lestidae at irmng.org
Lestidae at itis.gov