Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea (Bluestreaks) for Leeward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	432 3970 7377	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	429 3965 7370	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	16 68 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	10 55 103	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	10 55 103	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	5 18 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Leeward Islands
2 Families width 6 Species

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

Genera for Leeward Islands
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Leeward Islands
6 Species

Lestes (Chalcolestes) viridis (Vander Linden, 1825)	⇒ Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798
Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842	Rainpool Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823	Common Emerald Damselfly
Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842	Blue-striped Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820	Brown emerald damselfly

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands

Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings	2 5	Genera 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