Lestoideidae

Lestoideidae
Diphlebia coerulescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Lestoideidae
Munz, 1919[1]
Type genus
Lestoidea
Genera

The Lestoideidae are a family of damselflies occurring in South-east Asia, New Guinea and Australia.[3] The family comprises two genera and nine species.[4]

  1. ^ Munz, P.A. (1919). "A venational study of the suborder Zygoptera (Odonata) with keys for the identification of genera". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 3: 1–78 [17] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Tillyard, R.J. (1913). "On some new and rare Australian Agrionidae (Odonata)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 37 (1912): 404–479 [428]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22352 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ "Family LESTOIDEIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. ^ Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.