Stenolestes cerestensis 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 adygeianensis, Stenolestes andancensis, Stenolestes belligaudi, Stenolestes camoinsi, Stenolestes coulleti, Stenolestes dauphinensis, Stenolestes falloti, Stenolestes fasciata, Stenolestes fischeri, Stenolestes hispanicus, Stenolestes iris, Stenolestes rhodopensis, Stenolestes ronzonense

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 63846, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (MNHN coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Céreste (MNHN coll)

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