Tribe Brachydiplacini Tillyard 1917 (common skimmer)
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Parent taxon: Tetrathemistinae according to G. Bechly and V. J. Sach 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Parabrachydiplax
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Heggbach, plant-bearing layer (Miocene of Germany)