Libanolestes Azar et al. 2010 (damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata

Full reference: D. Azar, J. Prokop, and A. Nel. 2010. The first damselfly from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Odonata, Zygoptera, Lestomorpha). Alavesia 3:73-79

Parent taxon: Lestomorpha according to D. Azar et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Hemiphlebiidae, Lestiformia

Subtaxa: Libanolestes flecki

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Type: Libanolestes flecki

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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