Lestes aquisextana Nel 1985 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1985. Sur la présence d’un Lestes Leach,1815 fossile de la lignée de Lestes regina Théobald dans les calcaires stampiens d’Aix-en-Provence (Odon. Lestidae). Entomologica Gallica 1:317-319

Belongs to Lestes according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Nel 1985

Sister taxa: Lestes arvernus, Lestes brisaci, Lestes ceresti, Lestes conexus, Lestes datangensis, Lestes dianacompteae, Lestes forsterii, Lestes irenea, Lestes leucosia, Lestes ligea, Lestes lutzi, Lestes peisinoe, Lestes plicata, Lestes regina, Lestes sieblosiformis, Lestes statzi, Lestes vicina, Lestes zalesskyi

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 07447, a wing. Its type locality is Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large limestone in the Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Aix-en-Provence (Coll. Nel)

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