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Lestidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102058

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): spread-winged damselflies [English]
  
    Spreadwings [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2006   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassPalaeoptera  – ancient winged insects  
                            OrderOdonata Fabricius, 1793 – libélula, damselflies, dragonflies  
                               SuborderZygoptera Selys, 1854 – damselflies, demoiselles  
                                  FamilyLestidae  – spread-winged damselflies, Spreadwings  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Archilestes Selys, 1862  
                                     Genus Lestes Leach, 1815  
       

 References
       
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  Source: A synonymic list of the New World Odonata - Oct 2004, website (version Oct 2004)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Maintained by Rosser W. Garrison, at http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/NewWorldOD.html   
  Reference for: Lestidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lestidae, spread-winged damselflies [English]   
       
  Source: North American Odonata - The Odonata of North America, website (version Sept. 2006)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Maintained by the Dragonfly Society of the Americas at http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml   
  Reference for: Lestidae, Spreadwings [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Paulson, Dennis R., and Sidney W. Dunkle  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Checklist of North American Odonata including English name, etymology, type locality, and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Occasional Paper no. 56   
  Page(s): 88   
  Publisher: The University of Puget Sound   
  Publication Place: Tacoma, Washington, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: This is the third printing with revisions. Publication was originally printed on 15 June 1999   
  Reference for: Lestidae, Spreadwings [English]   
       

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