Sympecma Selys 1840 (spread-winged damselfly)
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Parent taxon: Lestidae according to T. J. Simonsen et al. 2022
See also Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Xia et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Chalcolestes, Lestes, Lestinae, Sympecmatinae
Subtaxa: Sympecma incerta Sympecma ribesalbesensis
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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