Full reference: A. Nel and M. Papazian. 1985. Description d’une nouvelle espèce fossile de Lestes Leach, 1815, du Stampien de Céreste (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) (Odon. Lestidae). Entomologica Gallica 1:275-279
Belongs to Lestes according to A. Nel and D. R. Zheng 2021
See also Nel 1987, Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Nel and Papazian 1985
Sister taxa: Lestes aquisextana, Lestes arvernus, Lestes brisaci, 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 07445, a wing. Its type locality is Céreste (MNHN coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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