Hypolestidae

Hypolestidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Hypolestidae.[1][2][3][4]

Hypolestidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Hypolestidae
Fraser, 1938

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Hypolestidae:[4][5]

  • Hypolestes Gundlach, 1888
  • † Anglohypolestes Nel & Fleck, 2014
  • † Eohypolestes Nel & Fleck, 2014
  • † Prohypolestes Nel & Paichele, 1994

References
  1. "Hypolestidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. Dijkstra, Klaas‐Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39: 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
  3. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

Further reading
  • Garrison, Rosser W. (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Odonata. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 551–580. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
  • Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
  • Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.


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