Mendoza-Penagos, Cristian Camilo;Pérez-Gutiérrez, León A.;Muzón, Javier
Lestidae
Sign in to saveThe Lestidae are a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies, known commonly as the spreadwings or spread-winged damselflies.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyLestidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded933,663
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 706
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Lestidae
- Collections
- YPM, UMNH, UAM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- Brazil, United States
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The Lestidae are a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies, known commonly as the spreadwings or spread-winged damselflies.
Fossil lestids are known from the Late Eocene onwards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lestidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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