Protolestes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Superfamily: | Calopterygoidea |
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. [1] [2]