Miostenolestes Nel et al. 2005 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevičius, G. Gentilini and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of the Cenozoic family Sieblosiidae (Insecta: Odonata), with description of new taxa from Russia, Italy and France. Geobios 38:219-233

Parent taxon: Sieblosiidae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025

See also Archibald et al. 2021 and Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Germanostenolestes, Oligolestes, Paraoligolestes, Parastenolestes, Sieblosia, Stenolestes

Subtaxa: Miostenolestes zherikhini

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Type: Miostenolestes zherikhini

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254) (Miocene of Russian Federation)

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