Miostenolestes zherikhini 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

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

See also Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 254/2169, an exoskeleton (Four wings and five basal abdominal segments attached to Thorax). Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

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

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