Stenolestes adygeianensis Nel et al. 2005 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevičius, G. Gentilini and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of the Cenozoic family Sieblosiidae (Insecta: Odonata), with description of new taxa from Russia, Italy and France. Geobios 38:219-233

Belongs to Stenolestes according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Stenolestes andancensis, Stenolestes belligaudi, Stenolestes camoinsi, Stenolestes cerestensis, Stenolestes coulleti, Stenolestes dauphinensis, Stenolestes falloti, Stenolestes fasciata, Stenolestes fischeri, Stenolestes hispanicus, Stenolestes iris, Stenolestes rhodopensis, Stenolestes ronzonense

Type specimen: PIN 4705/1, a wing (missing apex and base). Its type locality is Belaya river, upstream of Abadzekhskaya (PIN collection 4705), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Belaya river, upstream of Abadzekhskaya (PIN collection 4705)

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