Lestes lutzi Nel and Paicheler 1994 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler. 1994. Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique. Annales de Paléontologie 80(1):1-59

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

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 peisinoe, Lestes plicata, Lestes regina, Lestes sieblosiformis, Lestes statzi, Lestes vicina, Lestes zalesskyi

Type specimen: Coll Lutz Od. 1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (Lutz NHMM coll), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Céreste (Lutz NHMM coll)

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