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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
51
302
1062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
36
201
664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
35
200
663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
14
73
287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
3
10
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
3 Families width 43 Species
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing23SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies15SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazil
10 Genera with 43 Species
Allopodagrion Förster, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Argiolestes Selys, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1825Willow Spreadwings1SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 186216SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1848Emerald Damselflies14SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Oxystigma Selys, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Perilestes Hagen, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Perissolestes Kennedy, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Philogenia Selys, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
43 Species
Allopodagrion contortum Hagen, 1862
Argiolestes macrostylis Ris, 1913
Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825Green Emerald Damselfly
Heteragrion angustipenne Selys, 1886
Heteragrion aurantiacum Selys, 1862
Heteragrion bariai De Marmels, 1989
Heteragrion beschkii Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion cinnamomeum (Hagen, 1862)⇒ Heteragrion ochraceum Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion consors Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion flavovittatum Selys, 1862
Heteragrion ictericum Williamson, 1919
Heteragrion inca Calvert, 1909
Heteragrion macilentum Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion melanurum Williamson, 1919
Heteragrion muryense Costa & Santos, 2000
Heteragrion ochraceum Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion petiense Machado, 1988
Heteragrion silvarum Sjöstedt, 1918
Heteragrion triangulare Hagen, 1862
Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes auritus Hagen, 1862
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909
Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909
Lestes fernandoi Costa, De So..., 2006
Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842Rainpool Spreadwing
Lestes jurzitzai Muzon, 1994
Lestes minutus Selys, 1862
Lestes paulistus Calvert, 1909
Lestes pictus Hagen, 1862
Lestes quadristriatus Calvert, 1909
Lestes spatula Fraser, 1946
Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848
Megapodagrion megalopus Selys, 1862
Oxystigma cyanofrons Williamson, 1919
Oxystigma petiolatum Selys, 1862
Oxystigma williamsoni (Geijskes, 1976)⇒ Agrilus morio Kerremans, 1895
Perilestes attenuatus Selys, 1886Attenuate Twigtail
Perilestes fragilis Hagen, 1862
Perilestes gracillimus Kennedy, 1941
Perilestes solutus Williamson &..., 1924
Perissolestes magdalenae Williamson &..., 1924
Philogenia margarita Selys, 1862

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Brazil
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings
6
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPerilestidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
Shortwings
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lestoidea at gbif.org
Lestoidea at irmng.org