Perilestidae
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| Perilestidae Temporal range:
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| File:Perissolestes guianensis.jpg | |
| Perissolestes guianensis | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Lestoidea |
| Family: | Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920[1] |
The Perilestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as shortwings and twigtails.[2] It is a small family of around 19 species.[3] All extant species are native to the Neotropical realm. In the past Nubiolestes of Africa was included in this family,[3] but this is doubted. Palaeoperilestes electronicus is an extinct species described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.[4]
These damselflies are short-winged and have very long, slender, color-banded abdomens.[2] They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically.[5]
Genera
[edit | edit source]The family Perilestidae include the following genera:[6]
- Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862
- Perissolestes Kennedy, 1941
- †Palaeoperilestes Zheng et al. 2016
References
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- ^ a b Haber, W. and Wagner, D. Perilestidae: Shortwings. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Ecuador.
- ^ a b Neiss, U. G. and Neusa, H. (2010). The larva of Perilestes attenuatus Selys, 1886 (Odonata: Perilestidae) from Amazonas, Brazil. Zootaxa 2614 53-58.
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