Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lestoidea (Bluestreaks) for North West (Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region North West (Cape)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	158 830 1288	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	158 830 1288	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	8 23 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	8 23 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	8 23 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	5 10 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for North West
2 Families width 4 Species

Chlorolestidae Fraser, 1960		1	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for North West
2 Genera with 4 Species

Chlorolestes Selys, 1839	Malachites	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1839	Emerald Damselflies	3	Species	Taxom

Species list for North West
4 Species

Chlorolestes fasciatus Burmeister, 1839	A southern African endemic
Lestes dissimulans Fraser, 1955	Cryptic Spreadwing
Lestes pallidus (Rambur, 1842)	⇒ Lestes sternalis Navas, 1930
Lestes plagiatus Burmeister, 1839	Common Spreadwing

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in North West

Family	Chlorolestidae Fraser, 1960	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Lestidae Calvert, 1901 Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Lestoidea at gbif.org
Lestoidea at irmng.org