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Spreadwings

Lestidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lestidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Odonata List
Lestidae
Family recognized by wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia CY, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia NN, wikipedia SL, NCBI, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia emerging languages, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lestidae
Recognized by Andorra Species List, Austria Species List, Barbados Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Grenada Species List, Guyana Species List, Hungary Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Myanmar Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Russia Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Turkey Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List
Lestidae Calvert 1901
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Alternative Names

? incertus Piton, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leucosia Heer, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ligea Heer, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? peisinoe Heer, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Icterolestes Pinhey 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lestes Fabricius 1798
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lestidae
Harvest ancestor according to Taiwan Encyclopedia of Life, Dragonflies of Taiwan, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Mozambique Species List, GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Invertebrate phenology, Habitat data for aquatic invertebrates, Alaskan Arthropods, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Malgassolestes Pinhey 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudochalcolestes Pinhey 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Superlestes Williamson 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sympecma Vander Linden 1820
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

spread-winged damselflies
prefer
Recognized by admin
spreadwings preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
spread-winged damselfly
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Arabic

وسيعات الأجنحة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

լեսթիդներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Lèstid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

丝蟌科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Pantserjuffers preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
pantserjuffers
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Estonian

Kõrsiklased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Keijukorennot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

German

Binsenjungfern
prefer
Recognized by admin
Teichjungfern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Hebrew

שביביתיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

rabló szitakötők preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アオイトトンボ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and admin

Lithuanian

Žaliosios strėliukės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Low Saxon

Rüschenjumfern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

ചേരാചിറകൻ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

metallvannymfer preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

گسترده‌بالان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Pałątkowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Лютки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Smaragdflicksländor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

وسيعات الاجنحه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

کھلرے پر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

丝蟌科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

絲蟌科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Lestidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Odonata
Zygoptera
Lestoidea
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach ex Brewster 1815
Orolestes McLachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1839
Hemiphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Synlestidae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata Fabricius 1793
Zygoptera Selys 1854
Lestidae Calvert 1901 (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Ceylonolestes Kennedy 1920
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach ex Brewster 1815
Orolestes McLachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1840
Sympycna Charpentier 1840
Agriomorpha May 1933
Amanipodagrion Pinhey 1962
Amphipterygidae Selys 1853
Argiolestidae Fraser 1960
Bornargiolestes Kimmins 1936
Burmargiolestes Kennedy 1925
Calopterygidae Selys 1850
Chlorocyphidae Cowley 1937
Coenagrionidae Kirby 1890
Devadattidae Dijkstra, Kalkman, Dow, Stokvis & van Tol 2014
Dicteriadidae Selys 1853
Euphaeidae Jacobson & Bianchi 1905
Hemiphlebiidae Kennedy 1920
Heteragrionidae Rácenis 1959
Hypolestidae Fraser 1938
Isostictidae Fraser 1955
Lestoideidae Munz 1919
Megapodagrionidae Calvert 1913
Mesagrion Selys 1885
Mesopodagrion McLachlan 1896
Pentaphlebiidae Novelo-Gutiérrez 1995
Perilestidae Kennedy 1920
Philogangidae Kennedy 1920
Philogeniidae Rácenis 1959
Philosinidae Kennedy 1925
Platycnemididae Jacobson & Bianchi 1905
Platystictidae Kennedy 1920
Polythoridae Munz 1919
Priscagrion Zhou & Wilson 2001
Protolestes Förster 1899
Pseudolestidae Fraser 1957
Rhipidolestes Ris 1912
Rimanellidae Davies & Tobin 1984
Sciotropis Rácenis 1959
Sinocnemis Wilson & Zhou 2000
Synlestidae Tillyard 1917
Tatocnemis Kirby 1889
Thaumatoneuridae Fraser 1957

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach ex Brewster 1815
Orolestes McLachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1839
Hemiphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Synlestidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Odonata
Zygoptera
Lestoidea
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach 1815
Orolestes Mc Lachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1839
Hemiphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Synlestidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Chalcolestes Kennedy 1920
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach in Brewster 1815
Orolestes McLachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1839
Hemiphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Synlestidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Austrolestes Tillyard 1913
Indolestes Fraser 1922
Lestes Leach 1815
Orolestes Mc Lachlan 1895
Platylestes Selys 1862
Sinhalestes Fraser 1951
Sympecma Burmeister 1839
Aeschnidiidae
Aeshnidae
Amphipterygidae
Anomothemis Handlirsch 1906
Asiopteridae
Austrocorduliidae
Calopterygidae
Campterophlebiidae
Celaenura Kennedy 1917
Cerdanyagrion Nel, Arillo & Martinez-Delclos 1996
Chlorocyphidae
Chlorolestidae
Chorismagrionidae
Cladophlebia Pritykina 1981
Condalia Whalley & Jarzembowski 1985
Congqingia Zhang 1992
Cordulegasteridae
Cordulegastridae
Cordulephyidae
Cretahemiphlebia Jarzembowski, Martinez-Delclos, Bechly, Nel, Coram & Escuillie 1998
Cymatophlebiella Pritykina 1968
Dactylobasis Pérez-Gutiérrez 2019
Devadattidae
Dicteriadidae
Dissurus Hong 1982
Ditaxineuridae
Dysagrion Scudder 1878
Epallagidae
Epiophlebiidae
Erasipteroides Brauckmann & Zessin 1989
Erasipteron Pruvost 1933
Euthemistidae
Gasophlebia Linnaeus 1982
Gomphaeschnidae
Gomphidae
Gomphomacromiidae
Heliocharitidae
Hemiphlebiidae
Hemizygopteron Zalesskii 1955
Henrotayiidae
Heteragrionidae
Heterophlebiidae
Hispanocoenagrion Nel, Arillo & Ortuno 1997
Huabeia Hong 1983
Hypolestidae
Ischnuragrion Longfield 1947
Isophlebiidae
Isostictidae
Italophlebiidae
Karatawiidae
Kazachophlebia Pritykina 1968
Kennedyidae
Liassogomphidae
Libella Selys 1840
Libellaginidae
Lodevia Nel, Gand, Garric & Lapeyrie 1999
Macromiidae
Mitophlebiidae
Neurothemls
Nonymophlebia Pritykina 1981
Oreopteridae
Pamita May & Carle 2005
Parapetala Huang, Nel & Lin 2003
Perissophlebia Tillyard 1918
Permagrionidae
Petrolestes Cockerell 1927
Phenacolestes Cockerell 1908
Philogangidae
Philosinidae
Piroutetiidae
Platycnemidae
Polytaxineuridae
Pritykiniella Nel, Bechly, Jarzembowski & Martinez-Delclos 1998
Procordulagomphus Nel & Escuille 1995
Promegalestes Petrulevicius & Nel 2004
Protomyrmeleontidae
Pseudolestidae
Pseudomacromiidae
Pseudostigmatidae
Puella Brullé 1832
Pycnothemis Handlirsch 1939
Rhabdothemis Handlirsch 1939
Rudiaeschna Ren & Guo 1996
Samarura Brauer, Redtenbacher & Ganglbauer 1889
Schlechtendaliola Handlirsch 1919
Sieblosiidae
Sogdothemis Martuinov 1937
Sonidae
Stenophlebiidae
Tarsophlebiidae
Telephlebiidae
Telmaeshna Zhang, Ren & Pang 2008
Terskeja Pritykina 1981
Triadophlebiidae
Triassolestidae
Triassophlebia Tillyard 1922
Turanothemistidae
Urothemistidae
Xamenophlebiidae
Zacallitidae
156 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Palaeoptera
Odonata Fabricius 1793
Zygoptera Selys 1854
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes Selys 1862
Lestes Leach 1815
Amphipterygidae
Calopterygidae
Coenagrionidae
Dicteriadidae
Megapodagrionidae
Perilestidae
Platystictidae
Polythoridae
Protoneuridae
Pseudostigmatidae
Synlestidae

IUCN

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes exoletus (Hagen ex Selys 1862)
Archilestes guayaraca De Marmels 1982
Archilestes latialatus Donnelly 1981
Archilestes neblina Garrison 1982
Archilestes regalis Gloyd 1944
Archilestes tuberalatus (Williamson 1921)
Austrolestes colensonis (White 1846)
Austrolestes minjerriba Watson 1979
Chalcolestes parvidens Artobolevskii 1929
Chalcolestes viridis (Vander Linden 1825)
Indolestes albicaudus (McLachlan 1895)
Indolestes alfurus Lieftinck 1960
Indolestes alleni (Tillyard 1913)
Indolestes anomalus Fraser 1946
Indolestes aruanus Lieftinck 1951
Indolestes assamicus Fraser 1930
Indolestes bellax (Lieftinck 1953)
Indolestes bilineatus (Selys 1891)
Indolestes birmanus (Selys 1891)
Indolestes boninensis (Asahina 1952)
Indolestes cheesmanae (Kimmins 1936)
Indolestes coeruleus Fraser 1924
Indolestes cyaneus (Sélys 1862)
Indolestes dajakanus (Lieftinck 1948)
Indolestes davenporti (Fraser 1930)
Indolestes divisus (Hagen 1862)
Indolestes floresianus Lieftinck 1960
Indolestes goniocercus Lieftinck 1960
Indolestes gracilis (Hagen 1862)
Indolestes indicus Fraser 1922
Indolestes inflatus (Fraser 1933)
Indolestes lafaeci Seehausen 2017
Indolestes linsleyi Lieftinck 1960
Indolestes lundquisti (Lieftinck 1949)
Indolestes luxatus (Lieftinck 1932)
Indolestes lygisticercus (Lieftinck 1932)
Indolestes peregrinus (Ris 1916)
Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser 1924
Indolestes risi (Van der Weele 1909)
Indolestes sutteri Lieftinck 1953
Indolestes vitiensis (Tillyard 1924)
Lestes alfonsoi González & Novelo 2001
Lestes amicus Martin 1910
Lestes angularis Fraser 1929
Lestes apollinaris Navás 1934
Lestes auritus Hagen ex Selys 1862
Lestes barbarus (Fabricius 1798)
Lestes basidens Belle 1997
Lestes bipupillatus Calvert 1909
Lestes concinnus Hagen 1862
Lestes curvatus Belle 1997
Lestes debellardi de Marmels 1992
Lestes dichrostigma Calvert 1909
Lestes dissimulans Fraser 1955
Lestes dorothea Fraser 1924
Lestes dryas Kirby 1890
Lestes elatus Hagen ex Selys 1862
Lestes falcifer Sjöstedt 1918
Lestes fernandoi Costa, De Souza & Muzón 2006
Lestes garoensis Lahiri 1987
Lestes helix Ris 1918
Lestes henshawi Calvert 1907
Lestes ictericus Gerstäcker 1869
Lestes japonicus Selys 1883
Lestes jerrelli Tennessen 1997
Lestes jurzitzai Muzon 1994
Lestes macrostigma (Eversmann 1836)
Lestes malabaricus Fraser 1929
Lestes malaisei Schmidt 1964
Lestes minutus Selys 1862
Lestes nigriceps Fraser 1924
Lestes nodalis Selys 1891
Lestes numidicus Samraoui, Weekers & Dumont 2003
Lestes ochraceus Selys 1862
Lestes pallidus Rambur 1842
Lestes patricia Fraser 1924
Lestes paulistus Calvert 1909
Lestes pictus Hagen ex Selys 1862
Lestes pinheyi Fraser 1955
Lestes plagiatus (Burmeister 1839)
Lestes praecellens Lieftinck 1937
Lestes praemorsus Hagen ex Selys 1892
Lestes praevius Lieftinck 1940
Lestes quadristriatus Calvert 1909
Lestes quercifolius Selys 1878
Lestes scalaris Gundlach 1888
Lestes secula May 1993
Lestes silvaticus (Schmidt 1951)
Lestes simplex Hagen 1861
Lestes spatula Fraser 1946
Lestes sponsa (Hansemann 1823)
Lestes spumarius Hagen ex Selys 1862
Lestes sternalis Navás 1930
Lestes temporalis Selys 1883
Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw 1920
Lestes tikalus Kormondy 1959
Lestes trichonus Belle 1997
Lestes tricolor Hoffmansegg ex Shomburgk 1848
Lestes tridens McLachlan 1895
Lestes umbrinus Sélys 1891
Lestes uncifer Karsch 1899
Lestes undulatus Say 1840
Lestes urubamba Kennedy 1942
Lestes virens (Charpentier 1825)
Lestes virgatus (Burmeister 1839)
Lestes viridulus Rambur 1842
Orolestes durga Lahiri 1987
Orolestes octomaculatus Martin 1904
Orolestes selysi McLachlan 1895
Orolestes wallacei (Kirby 1889)
Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck 1932
Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck 1932
Platylestes platystylus (Rambur 1842)
Sinhalestes orientalis (Hagen 1862)
Sympecma fusca (Vander Linden 1820)
Sympecma gobica Förster 1900
Sympecma paedisca (Brauer 1877)
Aeshnidae
Amphipterygidae
Argiolestidae
Austropetaliidae
Calopterygidae
Chlorocyphidae
Chlorogomphidae
Coenagrionidae
Cordulegastridae
Corduliidae
Devadattidae
Dicteriadidae
Epiophlebiidae
Euphaeidae
Gomphidae
Hemiphlebiidae
Heteragrionidae
Hypolestidae
Isostictidae
Lestoideidae
Libellulidae
Macromiidae
Megapodagrionidae
Neopetaliidae
Not assigned
Pentaphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Petaluridae
Philogangidae
Philogeniidae
Philosinidae
Platycnemididae
Platystictidae
Polythoridae
Rimanellidae
Synlestidae
Synthemistidae
Thaumatoneuridae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Palaeoptera
Odonata
Zygoptera
Lestoidea
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes
Austrolestes
Chalcolestes
Indolestes
Lestes
Orolestes
Sympecma
unclassified Lestidae
Hemiphlebiidae
Perilestidae
Synlestidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Palaeoptera
Odonatoptera
Odonata
Zygoptera
Lestidae (this page)
Archilestes
Austrolestes
Chalcolestes
Indolestes
Lestes
Lestinae
Orolestes
Platylestes
Sinhalestes
Sympecma
Sympecmatinae
Amphipterygidae
Argiolestidae
Calopterygidae
Chlorocyphidae
Coenagrionidae
Coenagrionoidea
Dicteriadidae
Euphaeidae
Euzygoptera
Hemiphlebiidae
Hemiphlebioidea
Heteragrionidae
Isostictidae
Lestinoidea
Lestoideidae
Libanolestes
Megapodagrionidae
Perilestidae
Philogangidae
Philogeniidae
Philosinidae
Platycnemididae
Platystictidae
Platystictoidea
Polythoridae
Protoneuridae
Pseudolestidae
Pseudostigmatidae
Synlestidae
Zacallitidae
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