Platylestes

Platylestes
Platylestes platystylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Platylestes
Selys, 1862

Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Platylestes:

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck, 1932Java
Platylestes kirani Emiliyamma, Palot & Charesh, 2020Kerala, South India.
Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck, 1932Bengal and Myanmar
Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842)Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kerala, South India.


References

  1. ↑ "Platylestes". 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)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. 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.
  5. ↑ K.G. Emiliyamma; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; C. Charesh (2020-09-26). "A new species of Platylestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) from the coastal area of Kannur District, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (13): 16854–16860. doi:10.11609/jott.5209.12.13.16854-16860. ISSN 0974-7907.

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