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Checklist for Superfamily Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 (Bluestreaks)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
515
6372
16248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
513
6368
16244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
25
128
335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
18
111
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
18
111
324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
13
49
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
4
11
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Venezuela
4 Families width 33 Species
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing28SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies3SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings2SpeciesTaxom
Synlestidae Tillyard, 1917Malachite0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Venezuela
11 Genera with 33 Species
Dimeragrion Calvert, 19924SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 19879SpeciesTaxom
Hypolestes Gundlach, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1842Emerald Damselflies3SpeciesTaxom
Oxystigma Selys, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Perilestes Hagen, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Perissolestes Kennedy, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Philogenia Selys, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Phylolestes Christiansen, 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Sciotropis Rácenis, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Teinopodagrion De Marmels, 20017SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
33 Species
Dimeragrion mesembrinum De Marmels, 1989
Dimeragrion percubitale Calvert, 1913
Dimeragrion secundum Needham, 1933
Dimeragrion unturanense De Marmels, 1992
Heteragrion bariai De Marmels, 1989
Heteragrion breweri De Marmels, 1989
Heteragrion chlorotaeniatum De Marmels, 1989
Heteragrion chrysops Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion cinnamomeum (Hagen, 1862)⇒ Heteragrion ochraceum Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion ictericum Williamson, 1919
Heteragrion mitratum Williamson, 1919
Heteragrion palmichale Hartung, 2002
Heteragrion pemon De Marmels, 1987
Lestes debellardi De Marmels, 1992
Lestes falcifer Sjöstedt, 1918
Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842Blue-striped Spreadwing
Oxystigma caerulans De Marmels, 1987
Oxystigma cyanofrons Williamson, 1919
Oxystigma williamsoni (Geijskes, 1976)⇒ Agrilus morio Kerremans, 1895
Perilestes attenuatus Selys, 1886Attenuate Twigtail
Perissolestes flinti De Marmels, 1988
Philogenia cassandra Hagen, 1862
Philogenia ferox Rácenis, 1959
Philogenia polyxena Calvert, 1924
Sciotropis cyclanthorum Rácenis, 1959Little Wood Elf
Sciotropis lattkei De Marmels, 1994Paria Wood Elf
Teinopodagrion epidrium De Marmels, 2001
Teinopodagrion lepidum Rácenis, 1959
Teinopodagrion macropus Selys, 1862
Teinopodagrion oscillans Selys, 1862
Teinopodagrion turikum De Marmels, 2001
Teinopodagrion venale Selys, 1862
Teinopodagrion vilorianum De Marmels, 2001

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in Venezuela
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings
7
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPerilestidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
Shortwings
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySynlestidae
Tillyard, 1917
malachite, Malachites, Sylphs
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lestoidea at gbif.org
Lestoidea at irmng.org