English species names of Family Lestidae (Spread-winged damselflies)

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Flies	Isopods
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Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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English species names of Family Lestidae Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	170 1701 15422	Families Genera Species
Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly	13 362	Genera Species


A
Algerian Spreadwing	Lestes numidicus Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003
Amber-winged Spreadwing	Lestes eurinus Say, 1840
Antillean Spreadwing	Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862
Asian emerald spreadwing	Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862

B
Black Spreadwing	Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861
Blue Damselfly	Austrolestes colensonis White, 1846
Blue Ringtail	Austrolestes annulosus Selys, 1862
Blue-striped Spreadwing	Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842
Brown emerald damselfly	Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820

C
Carolina Spreadwing	Lestes vidua Hagen, 1861
Cave Reedling	Indolestes obiri Watson, 1979
Chalky Spreadwing	Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901
Closed-wing Reedling	Indolestes divisus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Common Emerald Damselfly	Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823
Common Spreadwing	Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862
Common Spreadwing	Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823
Common Spreadwing	Lestes plagiatus Burmeister, 1839
Common Winter Damsel	Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820
Common Winter Damselfly	Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820
Common Winter Emerald Damselfly	Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820
Cryptic Spreadwing	Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955
Cup Ringtail	Austrolestes psyche Hagen in Selys, 1862

D
Dark Emerald Damselfly	Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836
Dark Emerald Spreadwing	Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836
Dark Spreadwing	Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836
Dune Ringtail	Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979
Dusky spreadwing	Lestes concinnus Hagen in Selys, 1862

E
Eastern Willow Spreadwing	Chalcolestes parvidens Artobolevsky, 1929
Eastern Willow Spreadwing	Lestes parvidens Artobolevsky, 1929
Elegant Spreadwing	Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862
Emerald Damselflies	Lestes Leach, 1815
Emerald Damselfly	Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823
Emerald spreadwing	Lestes elatus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Emerald Spreadwing	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
Emerald Sri Lanka Spreadwing	Sinhalestes orientalis Hagen in Selys, 1862
Emerald-striped spreadwing	Lestes viridulus Rambur, 1842

G
Green Emerald Damselfly	Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Green emerald damselfly	Lestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Green Lestes	Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823
Grey-spotted Spreadwing	Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895

H
Highland Spreadwing	Lestes plagiatus Burmeister, 1839

I
Inland Ringtail	Austrolestes aridus Tillyard, 1908
Iota Ringtail	Austrolestes io Selys, 1862

K
Kekewai	Austrolestes colensonis White, 1846
Kirby's spreadwing	Lestes decipiens Kirby, 1890

L
Late Spreadwing	Lestes numidicus Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont, 2003
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing	Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861

M
Malabar spreadwing	Lestes malabaricus Fraser, 1929
Metallic Ringtail	Austrolestes cingulatus Burmeister, 1839
Migrant Spreadwing	Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Mountain reedling	Indolestes gracilis Hagen in Selys, 1862

N
Northern Ringtail	Austrolestes insularis Tillyard, 1913
Northern Ringtail	Indolestes insularis Tillyard, 1913
Northern Spreadwing	Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862

O
Ochre Spreadwing	Lestes ochraceus Selys, 1862

P
Pale Spreadwing	Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842
Pallid Spreadwing	Lestes pallidus Rambur, 1842
Pinhey's Spreadwing	Lestes pinheyi Fraser, 1955
Plateau Spreadwing	Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861
Pond Spreadwings	Lestes Leach, 1815

R
Rainpool Spreadwing	Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842
Robust Spreadwing	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890

S
Sapphire-eyed spreadwing	Lestes praemorsus praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Scalloped spreadwing	Lestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Scalloped spreadwing	Platylestes praemorsus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Scarce Emerald Damselfly	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
Scarce Green Lestes	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
Shy emerald damselfly	Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Siberian winter	Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877
Siberian Winter Damsel	Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877
Siberian Winter Damselfly	Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877
Siberian winterdamsel	Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877
Sickle Spreadwing	Lestes uncifer Karsch, 1899
Slender Reedling	Indolestes tenuissimus Tillyard, 1906
Slender Ringtail	Austrolestes analis Rambur, 1842
Slender Spreadwing	Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840
Small Emerald Damselfly	Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825
Small Emerald Spreadwing	Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825
Small Reedling	Indolestes alleni Tillyard, 1913
Small Spreadwing	Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825
Smoky Spreadwing	Lestes virgatus Burmeister, 1839
Southern Emerald Damselfly	Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Southern Spreadwing	Lestes australis Walker, 1952
Spotted Spreadwing	Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895
Spotted Spreadwing	Lestes congener Hagen, 1861
Spread-wing damselfly	Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862
Sri Lanka reedling	Indolestes divisus Hagen in Selys, 1862
Swamp Spreadwing	Lestes vigilax Selys, 1862
Sweetflag Spreadwing	Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842

T
Tawny Spreadwing	Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker, 1869
The dark emerald damselfly	Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836
The emerald damselfly	Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823
The emerald spreadwing	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
The small emerald damselfly	Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825
The Southern emerald damselfly	Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Turlough Spreadwing	Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890

V
Virginal Spreadwing	Lestes virgatus Burmeister, 1839

W
Wandering Ringtail	Austrolestes leda Selys, 1862
Wandering Spreadwing	Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891
Western Ringtail	Austrolestes aleison Watson & Moulds, 1979
Western Willow Spreadwing	Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Western willow spreadwing	Lestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Willow Emerald Damselfly	Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Willow emerald damselfly	Lestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825
Willow Spreadwings	Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1920
Willow Spreadwings	Lestes (Chalcolestes) Kennedy, 1920
Winter Damselfly	Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820

Y
Yellow-winged Spreadwing	Lestes amicus Martin, 1910

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