Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Megasemum Aymard 1856 [replaced name], Megasemum Maneval 1936
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. The Miocene insect-fauna of Oeningen, Baden. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 2:116-122
Parent taxon: Sieblosiidae according to J. L. Ware et al. 2025
See also Archibald et al. 2021, Aymard 1856, Boderau et al. 2025, Carpenter 1992, Maneval 1936, Nel 1986, Nel and Paicheler 1994, Nel and Papazian 1986 and Nel et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Germanostenolestes, Miostenolestes, Oligolestes, Paraoligolestes, Parastenolestes, Sieblosia
Subtaxa: 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 oeningensis Stenolestes rhodopensis Stenolestes ronzonense
Type: Agrion iris
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Turolian of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (8), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 15 collections including 22 occurrences
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