LESTIDAE Calvert, 1901

Mauffray, William F. & Tennessen, Kenneth J., 2019, A Catalogue and Historical Study of the Odonata of Ecuador, Zootaxa 4628 (1), pp. 1-265 : 87

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4628.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5921417

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scientific name

LESTIDAE Calvert, 1901
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LESTIDAE Calvert, 1901 View in CoL

Two genera of Lestidae occur in Ecuador. Lestes is a large genus with 45 New World species, although only four species are recorded for Ecuador. They are large to medium-sized damselflies that perch with the wings out at an angle.

Calvert, P. P. (1901) Odonata. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana-Insecta Neuroptera. R. H. Porter & Dulau Co., London, pp. 17 - 72.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Odonata

Family

Lestidae