Megalestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Synlestidae
Genus: Megalestes
Selys, 1862

Megalestes is a genus of malachite in the damselfly family Synlestidae. There are at least 20 described species in Megalestes.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Megalestes:

  • Megalestes anglicus Cockerell
  • Megalestes australis Karube, 2014
  • Megalestes chengi Chao, 1947
  • Megalestes discus Wilson, 2004
  • Megalestes distans Needham, 1930
  • Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017
  • Megalestes haui Wilson & Reels, 2003
  • Megalestes heros Needham, 1930
  • Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926
  • Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
  • Megalestes lieftincki Lahiri, 1979
  • Megalestes maai Chen, 1947
  • Megalestes major Selys, 1862
  • Megalestes micans Needham, 1930
  • Megalestes omeiensis Chao, 1965
  • Megalestes palaceus Zhou & Zhou, 2008
  • Megalestes raychoudhurii Lahiri, 1987
  • Megalestes riccii Navás, 1935
  • Megalestes suensoni Asahina, 1956
  • Megalestes tuska Wilson & Reels, 2003

References

  1. ↑ "Megalestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  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.

Further reading

  • 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. Vol. 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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