Stenolestes camoinsi Nel 1986 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel. 1986. Révision du genre cénozoïque Stenolestes Scudder, 1895; description de deux espèces nouvelles (Insecta, Odonata, Lestidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Section C, Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie 8(4):447-461

Belongs to Stenolestes according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2021

See also Nel 1986 and Nel and Paicheler 1994

Sister taxa: Stenolestes adygeianensis, Stenolestes andancensis, Stenolestes belligaudi, Stenolestes cerestensis, Stenolestes coulleti, Stenolestes dauphinensis, Stenolestes falloti, Stenolestes fasciata, Stenolestes fischeri, Stenolestes hispanicus, Stenolestes iris, Stenolestes rhodopensis, Stenolestes ronzonense

Type specimen: MNHN-LP-R 07450, a wing. Its type locality is Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll), which is in an Oligocene lacustrine marl in France.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Camoins-les-Bains (MNHN coll)

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