Poole, Karen E.
Lestes
Sign in to saveLestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderSiphonostomatoida
- FamilySphyriidae
Лютки (лат. Lestes) — род стрекоз семейства Лютки (Lestidae) из подотряда равнокрылых.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 413
- With media
- 89
- Family
- Lestidae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, UAM, OMNH, UMNH, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
- Recorded in
- Germany, Brazil, United States, Canada, South Africa, India
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Extant Species
- Fossils
- See also
- References
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Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae. The family hold their wings at about 45 degrees to the body when resting. This distinguishes them from most other species of damselflies which hold the wings along, and parallel to, the body when at rest.
The name Lestes comes from the Greek word λῃστής (lēistēs) meaning thief.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lestes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.