Perilestidae
Family of damselflies
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The Perilestidae are a family of damselflies commonly known as shortwings and twigtails.[2] It is a small family of around 19 species.[3] All extant species are native to the Neotropical realm. In the past Nubiolestes of Africa was included in this family,[3] but this is doubted. Palaeoperilestes electronicus is an extinct species described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.[4]
| Perilestidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| |
| Perissolestes guianensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Lestoidea |
| Family: | Perilestidae Kennedy, 1920[1] |
These damselflies are short-winged and have very long, slender, color-banded abdomens.[2] They live in dense forest habitat and rest with their abdomens hanging vertically.[5]
Genera
The family Perilestidae include the following genera:[6]
- Perilestes Hagen in Selys, 1862
- Perissolestes Kennedy, 1941
- †Palaeoperilestes Zheng et al. 2016
