Austrolestes
Austrolestes (ab austro + Graeco λῃστής 'latro') est genus insectorum familiae Lestidarum subordinis Zygopterorum. Invenitur in Australia, Nova Zelandia, certisque Australasiae regionibus.

Magnitudo est media ad magnam. Mas est caeruleus clarissimus et niger; femina, sordidior. Alis omnino plicatis sedent, contra species generis Lestis, quae alas procul a corpore tollunt.

Species
Generi sunt undecim species descriptae:

Austrolestes aleison Watson & Moulds, 1979
Austrolestes analis (Rambur, 1842)
Austrolestes annulosus (Selys, 1862)
Austrolestes aridus (Tillyard, 1908)
Austrolestes cingulatus (Burmeister, 1839)
Austrolestes colensonis (White, 1846)
Austrolestes insularis Tillyard, 1913
Austrolestes io (Selys, 1862)
Austrolestes leda (Selys, 1862)
Austrolestes minjerriba Watson, 1979
Austrolestes psyche (Hagen in Selys, 1862)

Notae

Bibliographia
Theischinger, Günther, et John Hawking. 2006. The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia. Collingwood Victoriae: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-64309-073-6.
Watson, J. A. L., Günther Theischinger, et H. M. Abbey. 1991. The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata. Melburni: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.

Nexus externi

Fauna Australiae
Insecta Australiae
Fauna Novae Zelandiae
Lestidae
Taxa Tillyard
Taxa 1913
Zygoptera