Protolestes

Protolestes is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about eight described species in Protolestes.[1][2][3][4]

Protolestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Genus: Protolestes
Fraser, 1899

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus Protolestes is considered "incertae sedis", without an assigned family but within the superfamily Calopterygoidea.[2][4]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Protolestes:[4]

  • Protolestes fickei Förster, 1899
  • Protolestes furcatus Aguesse, 1967
  • Protolestes kerckhoffae Schmidt, 1949
  • Protolestes leonorae Schmidt, 1949
  • Protolestes milloti Fraser, 1949
  • Protolestes proselytus Lieftinck, 1965
  • Protolestes rufescens Aguesse, 1967
  • Protolestes simonei Aguesse, 1967

References
  1. "Protolestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  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 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
  3. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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