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Protolestes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Calopterygoidea
Family:	Protolestidae Dijkstra & Bybee, 2021
Genus:	Protolestes Förster, 1899

Protolestes is a genus of flatwings in the damselfly order Odonata. There are about eight described species in Protolestes.

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Bybee et al. in 2021, it is now in its own family, Protolestidae.

Species

• Protolestes fickei Förster, 1899
• Protolestes furcatus Aguesse, 1967
• Protolestes kerckhoffae Schmidt, 1949
• Protolestes leonorae Schmidt, 1949
• Protolestes milloti Fraser, 1949
• Protolestes proselytus Lieftinck, 1965
• Protolestes rufescens Aguesse, 1967
• Protolestes simonei Aguesse, 1967

References

1. Seth M. Bybee et al. (2021) Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 1-15
2. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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