Rhipidolestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Odonatoptera
Cladus: Holodonata
Ordo: Odonata
Subordo: Zygoptera
Superfamilia: Calopterygoidea incertae sedis
Genus: Rhipidolestes
Species: R. aculeatus – R. alleni – R. amamiensis – R. apicatus – R. asatoi – R. bastiaani – R. bidens – R. cyanoflavus – R. fascia – R. hiraoi – R. janetae – R. jucundus – R. laui – R. lii – R. malaisei – R. nectans – R. okinawanus – R. owadai – R. pallidistigma – R. rubripes – R. shozoi – R. truncatidens – R. yakusimensis – R. yangbingi
Name

Rhipidolestes Ris, 1912

type species: Rhipidolestes aculeate Ris, 1912

Synonyms

Calilestes Fraser, 1926
Lestomima May, 1933
Taolestes Needham, 1928

References

Ris, 1912, Suppl. Ent. 1: 57–59.
Asahina, S., 1993. A Revision of the Genus: Rhipidolestes from Taiwan and Japan I. Gekkan-Mushi (267): 15–17.
Zhou, W-B. 2003. Rhipidolestes fascia spec. nov and Rhipidolestes lii spec. nov. two new dragonflies from Cuizhou [Guizhou], China (Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae). Wuyi Science Journal 19: 95–98.
Ishida 2005. Reclassification of Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951, occurring in the Ryukyus (Odonata, Megapodagrionidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 11(1): 167–181.
Paulson, D. 2014. List of Odonata of the World. Revised 1 December 2014. University of Puget Sound. Online. Reference page.

Rhipidolestes is a genus of dragonflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are native to subtropical Asia from Burma to Japan.[1][2]

It is a distinctive genus characterized by the unique tubercle on the ninth abdominal segment of the male. Many have yellow or reddish legs and they generally rest with their wings open, unlike most other Asian species.[1]

As a result of molecular phylogenetic studies by Dijkstra et al. in 2013, the genus Rhipidolestes is considered "incertae sedis", without an assigned family but within the superfamily Calopterygoidea.[3][4]

Species include:[5][4]

Rhipidolestes aculeatus Ris, 1912
Rhipidolestes alleni Wilson, 2000
Rhipidolestes amamiensis Ishida, 2005
Rhipidolestes asatoi Asahina, 1994
Rhipidolestes bastiaani Zhu & Yang, 1998
Rhipidolestes chaoi Wilson, 2004
Rhipidolestes cyanoflavus Wilson, 2000
Rhipidolestes fascia Zhou, 2003
Rhipidolestes hiraoi Yamamoto, 1955
Rhipidolestes janetae Wilson, 1997
Rhipidolestes jucundus Lieftinck, 1948
Rhipidolestes laui Wilson & Reels, 2003
Rhipidolestes lii Zhou, 2003
Rhipidolestes malaisei Lieftinck, 1948
Rhipidolestes nectans (Needham, 1929)
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Rhipidolestes owadai Asahina, 1997
Rhipidolestes pallidistigma (Fraser, 1926)
Rhipidolestes rubripes (Navás, 1936)
Rhipidolestes shozoi Ishida, 2005
Rhipidolestes truncatidens Schmidt, 1931
Rhipidolestes yakusimensis Asahina, 1951
Rhipidolestes yangbingi Davies, 1998

References

Kalkman, V. J., & Wilson, K. D. (2010). Calilestes and Lestomima, junior synonyms of Rhipidolestes (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 13(1), 97-102.
"Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.
"World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Rhipidolestes. The Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies. James Cook University.