Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea (Bluestreaks) for Chicago (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Chicago (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	226 1116 1610	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	226 1116 1610	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	12 34 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	9 28 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	9 28 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	5 10 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Chicago
2 Families width 6 Species

Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	5	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Chicago
2 Genera with 6 Species

Lestes Leach, 1861	Emerald Damselflies	5	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Chicago
6 Species

Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862	Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890	Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842	Sweetflag Spreadwing
Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840	Slender Spreadwing
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861	Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Chicago

Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings	1 5	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917 flatwing, Flatwings	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Lestoidea at gbif.org
Lestoidea at irmng.org