Stenolestes hispanicus Nel 1991 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1991. Description de quelques Sieblosiidae fossiles nouveaux (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 8:367-375

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

See also Nel 1991 and Nel and Paicheler 1994

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

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 10376, a wing. Its type locality is Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection), which is in a Vallesian lacustrine diatomite in Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bellver-en-Cerdaña (MNHN collection)

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