| Indolestes | |
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| Indolestes gracilis Tamil Nadu | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Lestidae |
| Genus: | Indolestes Fraser, 19221 |
Indolestes is a genus of damselflies in the family Lestidae.2 Species of Indolestes can be medium-sized, dull coloured dragonflies.3 They are found from India through Asia, Australia and the Pacific.4
Etymology
The genus name Indolestes combines the Latin Indus ("India") with Lestes, a genus name derived from the Greek λῃστής (lēstēs, "robber"). Original members of this genus were from India.15
Species
The genus Indolestes includes the following species:6
- Indolestes albicaudus (McLachlan, 1895)
- Indolestes alfurus Lieftinck, 1960
- Indolestes alleni (Tillyard, 1913) - Small Reedling3
- Indolestes anomalus Fraser, 1946
- Indolestes aruanus Lieftinck, 1951
- Indolestes assamicus Fraser, 1930
- Indolestes bellax (Lieftinck, 1930)
- Indolestes bilineatus (Selys, 1891)
- Indolestes birmanus (Selys, 1891)
- Indolestes boninensis (Asahina, 1952)
- Indolestes cheesmanae Kimmins, 1936
- Indolestes coeruleus Fraser, 1924
- Indolestes cyaneus (Selys, 1862)
- Indolestes dajakanus (Lieftinck, 1948)
- Indolestes davenporti (Fraser, 1930)
- Indolestes divisus (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
- Indolestes extraneus (Needham, 1930)
- Indolestes floresianus Lieftinck, 1960
- Indolestes goniocercus Lieftinck, 1960
- Indolestes gracilis (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
- Indolestes guizhouensis Zhou & Zhou, 2005
- Indolestes indicus Fraser, 1922
- Indolestes inflatus (Fraser, 1933)
- Indolestes insularis (Tillyard, 1913)
- Indolestes linsleyi Lieftinck, 1960
- Indolestes lundquisti (Lieftinck, 1949)
- Indolestes luxatus (Lieftinck, 1932)
- Indolestes lygisticercus (Lieftinck, 1932)
- Indolestes obiri Watson, 1979 - Cave Reedling3
- Indolestes peregrinus (Ris, 1916)
- Indolestes pulcherrimus Fraser, 1924
- Indolestes risi (Van der Weele, 1909)
- Indolestes sutteri Lieftinck, 1953
- Indolestes tenuissimus Tillyard, 1906 - Slender Reedling3
- Indolestes vitiensis (Tillyard, 1924)
References
References
- Fraser, F.C. (1922). "New and rare Indian Odonata in the Pusa collection". Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture India, Entomological Series. 7: 39–77 [57].
- "Genus Indolestes Fraser, 1922". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- Günther Theischinger; John Hawking (2006). The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.
- Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.
- Endersby, Ian; Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies. Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.
- Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.