The Synlestid Damselflies (Odonata: Synlestidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Tanza Crouch and Tessa Hedge

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Family: SYNLESTIDAE Tillyard, 1917 (= CHLOROLESTIDAE Fraser, 1960)

1. Genus: CHLOROLESTES Selys 1862
   1. C. apricans Wilmot

      Chlorolestes apricans Wilmot 1975: J. ent. Soc. sth. Afr. 38(1): 13
      Eastern Cape (endemic); December, April

      
      
   2. C. conspicuus Hagen in Sélys

      Chlorolestes conspicua Hage in Sélys 1862: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)14: 34

      = Chlorolestes longicaudus Burmeister, 1839
      Western Cape (endemic); December to May

      
      
   3. C. draconicus Balinsky

      Chlorolestes draconica Balinsky 1956: Ann. Tvl. Mus. 22(4): 511
      KwaZulu-Natal (endemic); January

      
      
   4. C. elegans Pinhey

      Chlorolestes elegans Pinhey 1950: Ann. Tvl. Mus. 21: 260
      Northern Province, to Zimbabwe and Malawi; November to March

      
      
   5. C. fasciatum (Burmeister)

      Agrion fasciatum Burmeister 1839: Handb. Ent. 2(II)(2): 822

      Chlorolestes fasciata f. nigerrima Pinhey 1980: ** 1-4
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Northern Province (endemic); November to April

      
      
   6. C. tessellatus (Burmeister)

      Agrion tessellatum Burmeister 1839: Handb. Ent. 2(II)(2): 822
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga (endemic); October to April

      
      
   7. C. umbratus Hagen (in Selys)

      Chlorolestes umbrata Selys 1862: (37, sep) Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)14: 57
      Western Cape (endemic); August, December to April

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: ECCHLOROLESTES Barnard 1937
   1. E. nylephtha (Barnard)

      Chlorolestes nylephtha Barnard 1937: Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 32: 201
      Western Cape (endemic); November to April

      
      
   2. E. peringueyi (Ris)

      Chlorolestes peringueyi Ris 1921: Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 18: 282
      Western Cape (endemic); November, March to May

      
      

Sources

Also compiled from catalogues in the Albany Museum and A.D.H.'s private records

Wilmot, B. 2007.

Descriptions of final-instar larvae of Chlorolestes Sélys (Odonata: Zygoptera; Synlestidae) from southern Africa, with a key to species. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 6: 21-43.