Species list, Checklist of Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies) for Lesbos (East Aegean Islands, Greece)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Lesbos (East Aegean Islands, Greece)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	68 183 254	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	68 183 254	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	5 10 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	5 10 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	5 10 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lesbos
3 Families width 5 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	3	Species	Taxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917	White-legged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lesbos
4 Genera with 5 Species

Ischnura Charpentier, 1820	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1836	Emerald Damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Platycnemis Burmeister, 1771	Featherlegs	1	Species	Taxom
Sympecma Burmeister, 1820		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Lesbos
5 Species

Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820	Blue Tailed Damselfly
Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890	Emerald Spreadwing
Lestes macrostigma Eversmann, 1836	Dark Emerald Damselfly
Platycnemis pennipes Pallas, 1771	Blue Featherleg
Sympecma fusca Vander Linden, 1820	Brown emerald damselfly

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Lesbos

Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov