taxonID	type	description	language	source
B476C92FFFBFC52EFF5BF8635D06FD71.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 5 B 9 E 57 E 8 - 8 B 99 - 4979 - B 7 AA- 1 D 3 C 79 FB 284 B	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBFC52EFF5BF8635D06FD71.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Danolestes moelleri Simonsen, Archibald & Ware sp. nov., here designated.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBFC52EFF5BF8635D06FD71.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is formed from the prefix ‘ Dano- ’ referring to Denmark, and the suffix ‘ - lestes ’ referring to Lestoidea.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBFC52EFF5BF8635D06FD71.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Within the Lestoidea Danolestes gen. nov. is most similar to Promegalestes and Priscalestes with which it shares a very acute distal angle of the quadrangle; MP distinctly curved after its origin; vein ‘ O’ slightly oblique; RP 3 - 4 originates between arculus and subnodus, closer to subnodus; IR 2 likely (see below) originates close to origin of RP 3 - 4; most subnodal and postsubnodal crossveins aligned (few preserved in Promegalestes). Danolestes gen. nov. can be distinguished from these taxa by: MA weakly zigzagged in distal half (Promegalestes and Priscalestes not zigzagged); origin of RP 2 eight cells from subnodus (Promegalestes four, poorly preserved in Priscalestes, but probably five); distance between subnodus and origin of RP 2> 2 times distance between subnodus and origin of MA (<1.5 times in Promegalestes and Priscalestes). It can further be distinguished from Promegalestes by: distal angle of quadrangle more acute, ca. 22 ° (Promegalestes distinctly less acute, ca. 37 °); and lacks intercalary vein between MA and RP 3 - 4 (origin of which is preserved in Promegalestes). It can further be distinguished from Priscalestes by: intercalary vein between IR 1 and RP 2 present (missing in Priscalestes).	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 23290065 - 26 C 2 - 49 B 4 - 9 A 56 - A 55 D 669 E 4396 (Fig. 1)	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	materials_examined	Material. Holotype wing FUM-N 19441 a, b, part and counterpart, part almost complete with few sections missing; collected by Claus Møller, July 2024, Fur Stolleklint; deposited in the Fur Museum (FUM), Fur Nederby, Denmark.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. An eponym formed from the surname of Claus Møller, who found the holotype.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As for the genus.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	materials_examined	Locality and horizon. Striated concretion between ash layers - 29 and - 24, Fur Formation, Stolleklint, Fur, Denmark; earliest Ypresian.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
B476C92FFFBCC52FFF5BFD2B5D4AFCE0.taxon	description	Description. Holotype wing (Fig. 1). Length 25.1 mm; arculus to distal end of pterostigma, 19.6 mm; nodus to distal end of pterostigma, 16.7 mm; arculus to basal end of pterostigma, 17.6 mm; nodus to basal end of pterostigma, 14.7 mm; maximum width, 5.5 mm. Pterostigma dark, 3.0 mm long, 3.9 times longer than wide, subtends three cells. Membrane hyaline. Ax 1 and Ax 2 well preserved. Ax 1 ca. 2 / 3 distance wing base to arculus, Ax 2 aligned with arculus. Quadrangle lestoid type with distal vein of the discoidal cell MAb very oblique (Bechly, 1996) with the distal angle being ca. 22 °. Subnodal space with 16 crossveins, postsubnodal space with 15, most aligned as pairs. Brace vein possibly present, very weakly angled. Costa weakly convex. RA well preserved, C-RA space one cell wide. RP 1 well preserved, originating at arculus between RA and quadrangle, not adjacent to RA, RP 1 - IR 1 space one cell wide. IR 1 well preserved, zigzagged, origin two cells distad origin of RP 2, IR 1 - RP 2 space two cells wide at margin with a distinct intercalary vein present. RP 2 origin 6.5 distad nodus, RP 2 - IR 2 space probably 5 cells wide at margin. Slightly oblique crossvein ‘ O’ present, 2.5 cells distad origin of RP 2. A second oblique crossvein present, 4.5 cells distad origin of RP 2. Origin of IR 2 basad subnodus, either not preserved, probably originating close to origin of RP 3 - 4 or as a stub not connected to RP 3 - 4, directed toward origin of RP 3 - 4. IR 2 slightly zigzagged in ca. third quarter of wing, IR 2 - RP 3 - 4 space two cells wide at margin. RP 3 - 4 originates ca. 2 / 3 distance from arculus to subnodus, mostly linear, RP 3 - 4 - MA space nine cells wide at margin. MA mostly linear, but slightly zigzagged distally, slightly curved at margin, MA-MP space one cell wide at margin. MP strongly curved immediately after origin, probably linear basally, but poorly preserved, slightly zigzagged distally, MP-CuA space probably four cells wide at margin. CuA linear basally, zigzagged distally, CuA-A space one cell wide.	en	Simonsen, Thomas J., Archibald, S. Bruce, Rasmussen, Jan A., Sylvestersen, René L., Olsen, Kent, Ware, Jessica L. (2025): Danolestes moelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first lestoid (Zygoptera: Odonata) from the early Ypresian Fur Formation of Denmark shows faunistic affinity to South America. Zootaxa 5739 (1): 13-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.5
