Lestes Leach 1815 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

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

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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

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