Insecta - Odonata - Sieblosiidae

Full reference: A. Nel, J. F. Petrulevicius, G. Gentilini and X. Martinez-Delclos. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of the Cenozoic family Sieblosiidae (Insecta: Odonata), with description of new taxa from Russia, Italy and France. Geobios 38:219-233

Belongs to Stenolestes according to A. Nel et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Stenolestes adygeianensis, Stenolestes belligaudi, Stenolestes camoinsi, Stenolestes cerestensis, Stenolestes coulleti, Stenolestes dauphinensis, Stenolestes falloti, Stenolestes fischeri, Stenolestes hispanicus, Stenolestes iris, Stenolestes jucunda, Stenolestes ronzonense

Type specimen: PIN 254/3192, a wing. Its type locality is Vishnevaya Balka creek, Karagan, Stavropol (PIN collection 254), which is in a Miocene lacustrine shale in the Karagan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): wing 45.4 x 10.4