Oligolestes Schmidt 1958 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: E. Schmidt. 1958. Bemerkungen über Lestiden III (Odonata). Über Oligolestes grandis (Statz 1935) und eine neue Lestes-Art aus dem Mittel-Oligozän von Rott im Siebengebirge. Decheniana 111:1-7

Parent taxon: Sieblosiidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Carpenter 1992, Fischer 1974 and Schmidt 1958

Sister taxa: Germanostenolestes, Miostenolestes, Paraoligolestes, Parastenolestes, Sieblosia, Stenolestes

Subtaxa: Oligolestes grandis Oligolestes stoeffelensis

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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