Lestes datangensis Wang 1976 (spread-winged damselfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Lestidae

Full reference: B. Wang. 1976. Late Palaeocene Mesonychids from Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(4):259-262

Belongs to Lestes according to B. Wang 1976

Sister taxa: Lestes aquisextana, Lestes arvernus, Lestes brisaci, Lestes ceresti, Lestes conexus, Lestes dianacompteae, 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: IVPP V5226, a maxilla. Its type locality is Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Nongshan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059

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