Family

Lestidae (Spreadwings and allies)

Lestes dryas. Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Lestidae are a rather small family of cosmopolitan, large-sized, slender damselflies, known commonly as the spreadwings or spread-winged damselflies.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies)
        Suborder: Zygoptera (Damselflies)
        Superfamily: Lestoidea
        Family: Lestidae (Spreadwings and allies)
        Genus: Lestes (Pond spreadwings) (1)
        Genus: Archilestes (Stream spreadwings) (1)

Subtaxa

Genus: Lestes (Pond spreadwings)

Genus: Archilestes (Stream spreadwings)

Family

Lestidae (Spreadwings and allies)

Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt

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