Platylestes

Platylestes
	Platylestes platystylus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Lestidae
Genus:	Platylestes; Selys, 1862

Platylestes is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae. There are at least five described species in Platylestes.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Platylestes:

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Platylestes heterostylus Lieftinck, 1932		Java
		Platylestes kirani Emiliyamma, Palot & Charesh, 2020		Kerala, South India.
		Platylestes pertinax Lieftinck, 1932		Bengal and Myanmar
		Platylestes platystylus (Rambur, 1842)		Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Kerala, South India.

References

^ "Platylestes". 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)" (PDF). 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.
^ K.G. Emiliyamma; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; C. Charesh (2020-09-26). "A new species of Platylestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) from the coastal area of Kannur District, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (13): 16854–16860. doi:10.11609/jott.5209.12.13.16854-16860. ISSN 0974-7907.

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.

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[gbif-1] "Platylestes". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[Dijkstra2014-2] 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)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.

[ref03-3] "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

[ref04-4] "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

[5] K.G. Emiliyamma; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; C. Charesh (2020-09-26). "A new species of Platylestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) from the coastal area of Kannur District, Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12 (13): 16854–16860. doi:10.11609/jott.5209.12.13.16854-16860. ISSN 0974-7907.

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