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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
36
211
653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
21
132
380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
21
132
380
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
11
44
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
3
11
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West USA
3 Families width 27 Species
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings3SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing13SpeciesTaxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901Spread-winged damselflies11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West USA
11 Genera with 27 Species
Eolestes Cockerell, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Eopodagrion Cockerell, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Lestes Leach, 1862Emerald Damselflies11SpeciesTaxom
Lithagrion Scudder, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Melanagrion Cockerell, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Miopodagrion Kennedy, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Perissolestes Kennedy, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Philogenia Selys, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Teinopodagrion De Marmels, 20011SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
27 Species
Eolestes ramosus Greenwalt & ..., 2014
Eolestes syntheticus T. D. A. Coc..., 1940
Eopodagrion abortivum Scudder, 1878
Eopodagrion scudderi T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Heteragrion albifrons Ris, 1918
Heteragrion erythrogastrum Selys, 1886
Lestes australis (Walker, 1952)⇒ Lestes disjuncta Selys, 1862
Lestes californica
Lestes congener Hagen, 1861Spotted Spreadwing
Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862Common Spreadwing
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842Sweetflag Spreadwing
Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840Slender Spreadwing
Lestes sponsa Hansemann, 1823Common Emerald Damselfly
Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861Black Spreadwing
Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Lestes vigilax Selys, 1862Swamp Spreadwing
Lithagrion hyalinum S. H. Scudder, 1890
Lithagrion optimum Cockerell, 1916
Lithagrion umbratum Scudder, 1890
Melanagrion nigerrimum T. D. A. Coc..., 1908
Melanagrion umbratum S. H. Scudder, 1890
Miopodagrion optimum T. D. A. Coc..., 1916
Perissolestes remotus Williamson &..., 1924
Philogenia carrillica Calvert, 1907
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Teinopodagrion eretes De Marmels, 2001

Subnodes of Lestoidea with occurrences in West USA
FamilyLestidae
Calvert, 1901
Spread-winged damselflies, Spread-Winged Damselfly, Spreadwing, Spreadwings
1
11
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMegapodagrionidae
Tillyard, 1917
flatwing, Flatwings
8
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPerilestidae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
Shortwings
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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