Alternative spelling: Aeschninae
Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to S. B. Archibald and R. A. Cannings 2019
See also Bechly and Rasmussen 2019, Campion 1916, Prokop et al. 2007 and Steinmann 1997
Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Basiaeschna, Brachytroninae, Eoshna, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Huncoaeshna, Idemlinea, Kvacekia, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna
Subtaxa: Aeshnini Allopetaliini Anactini Antiquiala Oligaeschna
Type: Aeshna
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections), Slovakia (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Bulgaria (1), China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (7), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of China (1), Denmark (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (5: Colorado, Washington)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 45 collections including 59 occurrences