Lestes plicata Piton and Théobald 1939 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: L. Piton and N. Théobald. 1939. Poissons, crustacés et insectes fossiles de l'Oligocène du Puy-de-Mur (Auvergne). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences du Nancy 4:77-123

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

See also Piton and Théobald 1939

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 regina, Lestes sieblosiformis, Lestes statzi, Lestes vicina, Lestes zalesskyi

Type specimen: Coll Rudel R.65, a wing. Its type locality is Puy-Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene crater lake limestone in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Puy-Saint-Jean

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