NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Lestidae
  Suborder - Zygoptera
  Order - Odonata
  Infraclass - Palaeoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lestes congener
      Species - Lestes disjunctus
      Species - Lestes dryas
      Species - Lestes forcipatus
      Species - Lestes unguiculatus
      Species - Lestes inaequalis
      Species - Lestes rectangularis
      Species - Lestes vigilax
      Species - Lestes eurinus
      Species - Lestes vidua
      Species - Lestes alacer
      Species - Lestes apollinaris
      Species - Lestes auritus
      Species - Lestes basidens
      Species - Lestes bipupillatus
      Species - Lestes curvatus
      Species - Lestes debellardi
      Species - Lestes dichrostigma
      Species - Lestes falcifer
      Species - Lestes forficula
      Species - Lestes helix
      Species - Lestes henshawi
      Species - Lestes jurzitzai
      Species - Lestes mediorufus
      Species - Lestes minutus
      Species - Lestes paulistus
      Species - Lestes pictus
      Species - Lestes quadristriatus
      Species - Lestes scalaris
      Species - Lestes secula
      Species - Lestes sigma
      Species - Lestes simplex
      Species - Lestes spatula
      Species - Lestes spumarius
      Species - Lestes sternalis
      Species - Lestes stultus
      Species - Lestes tenuatus
      Species - Lestes tikalus
      Species - Lestes trichonus
      Species - Lestes tricolor
      Species - Lestes undulatus
      Species - Lestes urubamba
      Species - Lestes australis
      Species - Lestes alfonsoi
      Species - Lestes jerrelli