Perilestidae Temporal range:
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Perissolestes guianensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Superfamily: | Lestoidea |
Family: |
Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920 |
The Perilestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as shortwings and twigtails. [1] It is a small family of around 19 species. [2] All extant species are native to the Neotropical realm. In the past Nubiolestes of Africa was included in this family, [2] but this is doubted. Palaeoperilestes electronicus is an extinct species described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. [3]
These damselflies are short-winged and have very long, slender, color-banded abdomens. [1] They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically. [4]
The family Perilestidae include the following genera: [5]
Perilestidae Temporal range:
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Perissolestes guianensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Superfamily: | Lestoidea |
Family: |
Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920 |
The Perilestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as shortwings and twigtails. [1] It is a small family of around 19 species. [2] All extant species are native to the Neotropical realm. In the past Nubiolestes of Africa was included in this family, [2] but this is doubted. Palaeoperilestes electronicus is an extinct species described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. [3]
These damselflies are short-winged and have very long, slender, color-banded abdomens. [1] They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically. [4]
The family Perilestidae include the following genera: [5]