Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea (Bluestreaks) for Ireland (British Isles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Ireland (British Isles)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	490 4724 11892	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	487 4717 11885	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	18 57 114	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	10 34 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	10 34 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	5 12 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ireland
2 Families width 7 Species

Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	6	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ireland
2 Genera with 7 Species

Lestes Leach, 1839	Emerald Damselflies	6	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ireland
7 Species

Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862	Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890	Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes plagiatus Burmeister, 1839	Common Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823	Common Emerald Damselfly
Lestes vigilax Selys, 1862	Swamp Spreadwing
Lestes virgatus Burmeister, 1839	Smoky Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Ireland

Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings	1 6	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