Stenophlebia eichstaettensis Nel et al. 1993 (dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Stenophlebiidae

Alternative combination: Stenophlebia eichstattense

Full reference: A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, J. C. Paicheler and M. Henrotay. 1993. Les "Anisozygoptera" fossiles Phylogenie et classification (Odonata). Martinia 3:1-311

Belongs to Stenophlebia according to G. Fleck et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Stenophlebia amphitrite, Stenophlebia corami, Stenophlebia karatavica, Stenophlebia latreillei, Stenophlebia liaoningensis, Stenophlebia phryne, Stenophlebia rolfhuggeri, Stenophlebia ryonsangensis

Type specimen: JME SOS 2329, an exoskeleton (well preserved female dragonfly). Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Jura Museum JME and Kümpel collection)

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