Lestes statzi Schmidt 1958 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: E. Schmidt. 1958. Bemerkungen über Lestiden III (Odonata). Über Oligolestes grandis (Statz 1935) und eine neue Lestes-Art aus dem Mittel-Oligozän von Rott im Siebengebirge. Decheniana 111:1-7

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

See also Schmidt 1958

Sister taxa: Lestes aquisextana, 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 vicina, Lestes zalesskyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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