Megalestes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Lestoidea

Familia: Synlestidae
Subfamilia: Megalestinae
Genus: Megalestes
Species: M. chengi – M. distans – M. gyalsey – M. haui – M. heros – M. irma – M. kurahashii – M. lieftincki – M. maai – M. major – M. micans – M. omeiensis – M. palaceus – M. raychoudhurii – M. riccii – M. suensoni – M. tuska
Name

Megalestes Selys, 1862
References

Selys-Longchamps, E. de 1862. Synopsis des Agrionines, troisième légion: Podagrion. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, (2) 14: 288-290. Reference page.
Gyeltshen, T., Kalkman, V.J. & Orr, A.G. 2017. Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae). Zootaxa 4244(4): 588–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.9 PDF. Reference page.

Megalestes is a genus of malachite in the damselfly family Synlestidae. There are at least 20 described species in Megalestes.[1][2][3][4]
Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Megalestes:

Megalestes anglicus Cockerell
Megalestes australis Karube, 2014
Megalestes chengi Chao, 1947
Megalestes discus Wilson, 2004
Megalestes distans Needham, 1930
Megalestes gyalsey Gyeltshen, Kalkman & Orr, 2017
Megalestes haui Wilson & Reels, 2003
Megalestes heros Needham, 1930
Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926
Megalestes kurahashii Asahina, 1985
Megalestes lieftincki Lahiri, 1979
Megalestes maai Chen, 1947
Megalestes major Selys, 1862
Megalestes micans Needham, 1930
Megalestes omeiensis Chao, 1965
Megalestes palaceus Zhou & Zhou, 2008
Megalestes raychoudhurii Lahiri, 1987
Megalestes riccii Navás, 1935
Megalestes suensoni Asahina, 1956
Megalestes tuska Wilson & Reels, 2003

References

"Megalestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
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.
"Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

"World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
Steinmann, Henrik (1997). Wermuth, Heinz; Fischer, Maximilian (eds.). World Catalogue of Odonata, Volume I: Zygoptera. Das Tierreich. Vol. 110. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-014933-3.
Westfall, Minter J. Jr.; May, Michael L. (1996). Damselflies of North America. Scientific Publishers. ISBN 978-0-945417-93-4.