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Lestes  Leach, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102061

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassPalaeoptera  – ancient winged insects  
                            OrderOdonata Fabricius, 1793 – libélula, damselflies, dragonflies  
                               SuborderZygoptera Selys, 1854 – damselflies, demoiselles  
                                  FamilyLestidae  – spread-winged damselflies, Spreadwings  
                                     GenusLestes Leach, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Lestes alacer Hagen, 1861 – Plateau Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes alfonsoi González-Soriano and Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2001  
                                        Species Lestes apollinaris Navás, 1934  
                                        Species Lestes auritus Hagen in Selys, 1862  
                                        Species Lestes australis Walker, 1952 – Southern Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes basidens Belle, 1997  
                                        Species Lestes bipupillatus Calvert, 1909  
                                        Species Lestes congener Hagen, 1861 – Spotted Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes curvatus Belle, 1997  
                                        Species Lestes debellardi De Marmels, 1992  
                                        Species Lestes dichrostigma Calvert, 1909  
                                        Species Lestes disjunctus Selys, 1862 – Northern Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890 – Emerald Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes eurinus Say, 1839 – Amber-winged Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes falcifer Sjöstedt, 1918  
                                        Species Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842 – Sweetflag Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes forficula Rambur, 1842 – Rainpool Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes helix Ris, 1918  
                                        Species Lestes henshawi Calvert, 1907  
                                        Species Lestes inaequalis Walsh, 1862 – Elegant Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes jerrelli Tennessen, 1997  
                                        Species Lestes jurzitzai Muzon, 1994  
                                        Species Lestes mediorufus Calvert, 1909  
                                        Species Lestes minutus Selys, 1862  
                                        Species Lestes paulistus Calvert, 1909  
                                        Species Lestes pictus Hagen in Selys, 1862  
                                        Species Lestes quadristriatus Calvert, 1909  
                                        Species Lestes rectangularis Say, 1839 – Slender Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes scalaris Gundlach, 1888  
                                        Species Lestes secula May, 1993  
                                        Species Lestes sigma Calvert, 1901 – Chalky Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes simplex Hagen, 1861  
                                        Species Lestes spatula Fraser, 1946  
                                        Species Lestes spumarius Hagen in Selys, 1862 – Antillean Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes sternalis Navás, 1930  
                                        Species Lestes stultus Hagen, 1861 – Black Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes tenuatus Rambur, 1842 – Blue-striped Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes tikalus Kormondy, 1959  
                                        Species Lestes trichonus Belle, 1997  
                                        Species Lestes tricolor Erichson, 1848  
                                        Species Lestes undulatus Say, 1839  
                                        Species Lestes unguiculatus Hagen, 1861 – Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes urubamba Kennedy, 1942  
                                        Species Lestes vidua Hagen, 1861 – Carolina Spreadwing 
                                        Species Lestes vigilax Hagen in Selys, 1862 – Swamp Spreadwing 
       

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  Source: A synonymic list of the New World Odonata - Oct 2004, website (version Oct 2004)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Maintained by Rosser W. Garrison, at http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/NewWorldOD.html   
  Reference for: Lestes   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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