Lyutki [1] [2] ( lat. Lestidae ) is a small family of dragonflies from the suborder of Equidae . Representatives are cosmopolitans . The family is divided into two subfamilies: Lestinae and Sympecmatinae.
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Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Reproduction
- 3 Classification
- 4 Photos
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
Description
Dragonflies are small in size, have a thin elongated body. Species from the subfamily Lestinae rest with wings partially open, and from the subfamily Sympecmatinae with folded wings.
Reproduction
With the help of an ovipositor, female flute eggs lay eggs in the stiff stems of coastal plants: sedge , reeds , cattail, and even in the branches of trees and shrubs [3] .
Classification
The family of lyutki includes 9 genera [4] with 153 species [5] :
- Archilestes Selys , 1862 - 9 species;
- Austrolestes illyard, 1913 - 10 species;
- Chalcolestes Kennedy, 1920 - 2 species;
- Indolestes Fraser, 1922 - 36 species;
- Lestes Leach, 1815 - 84 species;
- Orolestes McLachlan, 1895 - 5 species;
- Platylestes Selys, 1862 - 3 species;
- Sinhalestes Fraser, 1951 - 1 species;
- Sympecma Burmeister , 1839 - 3 species.
Photo
Austrolestes cingulatus , Australia
Austrolestes annulosus , Australia
Chalcolestes viridis , Europe
Indolestes peregrinus , East Asia
Lestes sponsa , Eurasia
Lestes dryas , Eurasia, North Africa, North America
Orolestes wallacei , Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands
Sympecma fusca , Eurasia, North Africa
Archilestes californica , North America
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000. - S. 5. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ An annotated list of rare and endangered species of invertebrate animals, especially protected within Russia // 2003 * Russia * Red list of specially protected rare and endangered animals and plants. (2nd edition). Part 2. Invertebrate animals (Red Book Bulletin, 2/2004 (2008)) / rev. ed. V.E. Prisyazhnyuk. - M .: Laboratory of the Red Book of the All-Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation , 2004 (2008). - S. 136. - 512 p. - ISBN 978-5-9243-0158-7 . - Full text .
- ↑ Matushkina N. A. Research Projects Archived copy of April 16, 2010 on the Wayback Machine on the website of Kiev National University . (Russian)
- ↑ Dijkstra K.-DB, Kalkman VJ, Dow RA, Stokvis FR, Van Tol J. (2014). Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Systematic Entomology , 39 (1), 68-96. DOI : 10.1111 / syen.12035
- ↑ Schorr M., Paulson D. World Odonata List (Last revision: 22 June 2017). Slater Museum of Natural History. University of Puget Sound. Retrieved June 26, 2017
Literature
- Davies DAL (1981). A synopsis of the extant genera of the Odonata. Soc. Int. Odonatol. Rapid Comm. 3: i-xiv 1-59
- Bridges CA (1994). Catalog of the family-group, genus-group and species-group names of the Odonata of the world. Urbana, Illinois: CA Bridges 3rd Edn, xiv 951 pp.