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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		426
5797
18200		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		426
5797
18200		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects		18
81
208		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
15
77
207		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies		15
77
207		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies		11
28
76		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks		3
6
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cameroon
3 Families width 8 Species
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing2SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies5SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cameroon
6 Genera with 8 Species
Amanipodagrion Pinhey, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1825Willow Spreadwings1SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1895Emerald Damselflies3SpeciesTaxom
Neurolestes Selys, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Nubiolestes Fraser, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Sympecma Burmeister, 18201SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
8 Species
Amanipodagrion gilliesi Pinhey, 1962Amani flatwing
Chalcolestes viridis Vander Linden, 1825Green Emerald Damselfly
Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes tridens McLachlan, 1895Grey-spotted Spreadwing
Neurolestes trinervis Selys, 1885Guinea Flatwing
Nubiolestes diotima Schmidt, 1943African Twigtail
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820Brown emerald damselfly

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Cameroon
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings		3
5		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPerilestidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
Shortwings		1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



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