Hypolestidae

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Hypolestidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Hypolestidae
Fraser, 1938

Hypolestidae is a family of damselflies in the order Odonata. There are at least four genera and about six described species in Hypolestidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Genera

These four genera belong to the family Hypolestidae: [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Hypolestidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39: 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
  3. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  4. 1 2 "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

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