Alternative spelling: Agrion (Lestes)
Parent taxon: Lestidae according to T. J. Simonsen et al. 2022
See also Carpenter 1992, Heer 1849 and Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: Chalcolestes, Lestinae, Sympecma, Sympecmatinae
Subtaxa: Lestes aquisextana Lestes arvernus Lestes brisaci Lestes ceresti Lestes conexus Lestes datangensis Lestes dianacompteae Lestes forsterii Lestes irenea Lestes leucosia Lestes ligea Lestes lutzi Lestes peisinoe Lestes plicata Lestes regina Lestes sieblosiformis Lestes statzi Lestes vicina Lestes zalesskyi
Type: Lestes conexus
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (2), Germany (2), Italy (2), Spain (3)
• Oligocene of France (8), Germany (3), Romania (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Paleocene of China (2), France (1)
Total: 30 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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