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Rhipidolestes

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Rhipidolestes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Calopterygoidea
Family: Rhipidolestidae
Genus: Rhipidolestes
Ris, 1912
Synonyms
  • Calilestes
  • Lestomima

Rhipidolestes is a genus of dragonflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are native to subtropical Asia from Burma to Japan.[1][2]

It is a distinctive genus characterized by the unique tubercle on the ninth abdominal segment of the male. Many have yellow or reddish legs and they generally rest with their wings open, unlike most other Asian species.[1]

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus Rhipidolestes is considered "incertae sedis", without an assigned family but within the superfamily Calopterygoidea.[3][4]

Species include:[5][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kalkman, V. J., & Wilson, K. D. (2010). Calilestes and Lestomima, junior synonyms of Rhipidolestes (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 13(1), 97-102.
  2. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ^ 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 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
  4. ^ a b "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ Rhipidolestes. The Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies. James Cook University.