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Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
for Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
659
8933
30963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
656
8921
30946
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
38
152
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
25
102
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
24
101
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
11
33
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
3
7
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benelux
3 Families width 15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing3SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies11SpeciesTaxom
Chlorolestidae Fraser, 19601SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benelux
7 Genera with 15 Species
Archiargiolestes Kennedy, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Austroargiolestes Kennedy, 1862Flatwings1SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1825Willow Spreadwings2SpeciesTaxom
Chlorolestes Selys, 1839Malachites1SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1842Emerald Damselflies9SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Sympecma Burmeister, 18773SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Archiargiolestes pusillus Tillyard, 1908Little flatwing
Austroargiolestes icteromelas Selys, 1862Common Flatwing
Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825Green Emerald Damselfly
Chlorolestes fasciatus Burmeister, 1839A southern African endemic
Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842Sweetflag Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823Common Emerald Damselfly
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Lestes virens Charpentier, 1825Small Emerald Damselfly
Lestes virens vestalis Rambur, 1842
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820Brown emerald damselfly
Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877Siberian winter

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Benelux
FamilyChlorolestidae
Fraser, 1960
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings
3
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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