Lestes dianacompteae Compte-Sart 2014 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: A. Compte-Sart. 2014. Nueva especie del género Lestes Leach, 1815 (Insecta, Odonata) del Mioceno del Bellver de Cerdanya (Lérida). Graellsia 70(1):e001

Belongs to Lestes according to A. Compte-Sart 2014

Sister taxa: Lestes aquisextana, Lestes arvernus, Lestes brisaci, Lestes ceresti, Lestes conexus, Lestes datangensis, Lestes forsterii, Lestes irenea, Lestes leucosia, Lestes ligea, Lestes lutzi, Lestes peisinoe, Lestes plicata, Lestes regina, Lestes sieblosiformis, Lestes statzi, Lestes vicina, Lestes zalesskyi

Type specimen: MGBV 9859, a forewing. Its type locality is Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MGBV collection), which is in a Vallesian/Turolian lacustrine - small mudstone in Spain.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Coll de Saig (Bellver de Cerdanya, MGBV collection)

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