Species list, Checklist of Family Lestidae (Spread-winged damselflies) for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Family Lestidae Calvert, 1901 (Spread-winged damselflies)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	320 2218 3746	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	318 2216 3744	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	11 48 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	9 46 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	9 46 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	4 16 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Mauritius
2 Genera with 4 Species

Lestes Leach, 1825	Emerald Damselflies	3	Species	Taxom
Sympecma Burmeister, 1820		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mauritius
4 Species

Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)	⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798	Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825	Small Emerald Damselfly
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820	Brown emerald damselfly

Subnodes of Lestidae with occurrences in Mauritius

Subfamily

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3

Genus
Species

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