†Sympecma ribesalbesensis Peñalver et al. 1996 (spread-winged damselfly)
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Full reference: E. Peñalver, A. Nel, and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 1996. Insectos del Mioceno inferior de Ribesalbes (Castellón, España). Paleoptera y Neoptera poli- y paraneoptera. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 5:15-95
Belongs to Sympecma according to E. Peñalver et al. 1996
Sister taxon: Sympecma incerta
Type specimen: MLSVP 967, a forewing. Its type locality is La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (MLSVP collection), which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in Spain.
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at La Rinconada, Ribesalbes (MLSVP collection)
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