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Indolestes

Indolestes
Indolestes gracilis by Rohit George.jpg
Indolestes gracilis
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Lestidae
Genus: Indolestes
Fraser, 1922[1]

Indolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae.[2] Species of Indolestes can be medium-sized, dull coloured dragonflies.[3] They are found from India through Asia, Australia and the Pacific.[4]

Species

The genus Indolestes includes the following species:[5]

  • Indolestes albicaudus (McLachlan, 1895)
  • Indolestes alfurus Lieftinck, 1960
  • Indolestes alleni (Tillyard, 1913) - Small Reedling[3]
  • Indolestes anomalus Fraser, 1946
  • Indolestes aruanus Lieftinck, 1951
  • Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930
  • Indolestes bellax (Lieftinck, 1930)
  • Indolestes bilineatus (Selys, 1891)
  • Indolestes birmanus (Selys, 1891)
  • Indolestes boninensis (Asahina, 1952)
  • Indolestes cheesmanae Kimmins, 1936
  • Indolestes coeruleus Fraser, 1924
  • Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)
  • Indolestes dajakanus (Lieftinck, 1948)
  • Indolestes davenporti (Fraser, 1930)
  • Indolestes divisus (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
  • Indolestes extraneus (Needham, 1930)
  • Indolestes floresianus Lieftinck, 1960
  • Indolestes goniocercus Lieftinck, 1960
  • Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
  • Indolestes guizhouensis Zhou & Zhou, 2005
  • Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922
  • Indolestes inflatus (Fraser, 1933)
  • Indolestes linsleyi Lieftinck, 1960
  • Indolestes lundquisti (Lieftinck, 1949)
  • Indolestes luxatus (Lieftinck, 1932)
  • Indolestes lygisticercus (Lieftinck, 1932)
  • Indolestes obiri Watson, 1979 - Cave Reedling[3]
  • Indolestes peregrinus (Ris, 1916)
  • Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser, 1924
  • Indolestes risi (Van der Weele, 1909)
  • Indolestes sutteri Lieftinck, 1953
  • Indolestes tenuissimus Tillyard, 1906 - Slender Reedling[3]
  • Indolestes vitiensis (Tillyard, 1924)

References

  1. ^ Fraser, F.C. (1922). "New and rare Indian Odonata in the Pusa collection". Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture India, Entomological Series. 7: 39–77 [57].
  2. ^ "Genus Indolestes Fraser, 1922". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
  4. ^ Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
  5. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
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