Rhipidolestes
Rhipidolestes is a genus of dragonflies in the family Megapodagrionidae. They are native to subtropical Asia from Burma to Japan.
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.
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.
Species include:
- 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
- Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
- Rhipidolestes owadai Asahina, 1997
- Rhipidolestes pallidistigma
- Rhipidolestes rubripes
- Rhipidolestes shozoi Ishida, 2005
- Rhipidolestes truncatidens Schmidt, 1931
- Rhipidolestes yakusimensis Asahina, 1951
- Rhipidolestes yangbingi Davies, 1998
