Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea (Bluestreaks) for Namibia (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	434 4745 11084	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	432 4730 11041	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	21 109 215	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	12 74 164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	12 74 164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	7 18 49	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Namibia
2 Families width 5 Species

Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	5	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Namibia
2 Genera with 5 Species

Lestes Leach, 1930	Emerald Damselflies	5	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 1885		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Namibia
5 Species

Lestes barbarus Fabricius, 1798	Migrant Spreadwing
Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker, 1869	Tawny Spreadwing
Lestes pallidus (Rambur, 1842)	⇒ Lestes sternalis Navas, 1930
Lestes pinheyi Fraser, 1955	Pinhey's Spreadwing
Lestes sternalis Navas, 1930

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Namibia

Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings	1 5	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917 flatwing, Flatwings	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Lestoidea at gbif.org
Lestoidea at irmng.org