Stenolestes rhodopensis Nel et al. 2016 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, N. Simov, V. Bozukov and M. Marinov. 2016. New dragonflies and damselflies from Middle Miocene deposits in SW Bulgaria (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3.35A):1-13

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

See also Nel et al. 2016

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

Type specimen: IBER CaT-50, a forewing. Its type locality is Satovcha Graben, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large claystone in the Sivik Formation of Bulgaria.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Satovcha Graben

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