# Indolestes

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***Indolestes*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [damselflies](/source/Damselfly) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Lestidae](/source/Lestidae).[2] Species of *Indolestes* can be medium-sized, dull coloured dragonflies.[3] They are found from India through Asia, Australia and the Pacific.[4]

## Etymology

The genus name *Indolestes* combines the Latin *Indus* ("India") with *[Lestes](/source/Lestes)*, a genus name derived from the Greek λῃστής (*lēstēs*, "robber"). Original members of this genus were from India.[1][5]

## Species

The genus *Indolestes* includes the following species:[6]

- *[Indolestes albicaudus](/source/Indolestes_albicaudus)* (McLachlan, 1895)
- *[Indolestes alfurus](/source/Indolestes_alfurus)* Lieftinck, 1960
- *[Indolestes alleni](/source/Indolestes_alleni)* (Tillyard, 1913) - Small Reedling[3]
- *[Indolestes anomalus](/source/Indolestes_anomalus)* Fraser, 1946
- *[Indolestes aruanus](/source/Indolestes_aruanus)* Lieftinck, 1951
- *[Indolestes assamicus](/source/Indolestes_assamicus)* Fraser, 1930
- *[Indolestes bellax](/source/Indolestes_bellax)* (Lieftinck, 1930)
- *[Indolestes bilineatus](/source/Indolestes_bilineatus)* (Selys, 1891)
- *[Indolestes birmanus](/source/Indolestes_birmanus)* (Selys, 1891)
- *[Indolestes boninensis](/source/Indolestes_boninensis)* (Asahina, 1952)
- *[Indolestes cheesmanae](/source/Indolestes_cheesmanae)* Kimmins, 1936
- *[Indolestes coeruleus](/source/Indolestes_coeruleus)* Fraser, 1924
- *[Indolestes cyaneus](/source/Indolestes_cyaneus)* (Selys, 1862)
- *[Indolestes dajakanus](/source/Indolestes_dajakanus)* (Lieftinck, 1948)
- *[Indolestes davenporti](/source/Indolestes_davenporti)* (Fraser, 1930)
- *[Indolestes divisus](/source/Indolestes_divisus)* (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
- *[Indolestes extraneus](/source/Indolestes_extraneus)* (Needham, 1930)
- *[Indolestes floresianus](/source/Indolestes_floresianus)* Lieftinck, 1960
- *[Indolestes goniocercus](/source/Indolestes_goniocercus)* Lieftinck, 1960
- *[Indolestes gracilis](/source/Indolestes_gracilis)* (Hagen in Selys, 1862)
- *[Indolestes guizhouensis](/source/Indolestes_guizhouensis)* Zhou & Zhou, 2005
- *[Indolestes indicus](/source/Indolestes_indicus)* Fraser, 1922
- *[Indolestes inflatus](/source/Indolestes_inflatus)* (Fraser, 1933)
- *[Indolestes insularis](/source/Indolestes_insularis)* (Tillyard, 1913)
- *[Indolestes linsleyi](/source/Indolestes_linsleyi)* Lieftinck, 1960
- *[Indolestes lundquisti](/source/Indolestes_lundquisti)* (Lieftinck, 1949)
- *[Indolestes luxatus](/source/Indolestes_luxatus)* (Lieftinck, 1932)
- *[Indolestes lygisticercus](/source/Indolestes_lygisticercus)* (Lieftinck, 1932)
- *[Indolestes obiri](/source/Indolestes_obiri)* Watson, 1979 - Cave Reedling[3]
- *[Indolestes peregrinus](/source/Indolestes_peregrinus)* (Ris, 1916)
- *[Indolestes pulcherrimus](/source/Indolestes_pulcherrimus)* Fraser, 1924
- *[Indolestes risi](/source/Indolestes_risi)* (Van der Weele, 1909)
- *[Indolestes sutteri](/source/Indolestes_sutteri)* Lieftinck, 1953
- *[Indolestes tenuissimus](/source/Indolestes_tenuissimus)* Tillyard, 1906 - Slender Reedling[3]
- *[Indolestes vitiensis](/source/Indolestes_vitiensis)* (Tillyard, 1924)

## References

1. Fraser, F.C. (1922). "New and rare Indian Odonata in the Pusa collection". *Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture India, Entomological Series*. **7**: 39–77 [57]

1. ["Genus *Indolestes* Fraser, 1922"](https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Indolestes). *Australian Faunal Directory*. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

1. Günther Theischinger & John Hawking (2006). *The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia*. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-09073-8.

1. Watson, J.A.L.; Theischinger, G.; Abbey, H.M. (1991). *The Australian Dragonflies: A Guide to the Identification, Distributions and Habitats of Australian Odonata*. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0643051368.

1. Endersby, Ian & Fliedner, Heinrich (2015). [*The Naming of Australia's Dragonflies*](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283318421_The_Naming_of_Australia's_Dragonflies). Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Busybird Publishing. ISBN 9781925260625.

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