Stenolestes andancensis Riou and Nel 1995 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: B. Riou and A. Nel. 1995. Nouveaux Odonates fossiles du Miocène supérieur de l'Ardèche (Odonata: Sieblosiidae, Lestidae, Libellulidae, Corduliidae et Aeshnidae). Travaux de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Biologie et Évolution des Insectes 7/8:125-144

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

See also Riou and Nel 1995

Sister taxa: Stenolestes adygeianensis, 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: MPVR R St B 249, a wing. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (Riou collection)

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