Subfamily Tetrathemistinae Tillyard 1917 (common skimmer)
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to G. Bechly and V. J. Sach 2002
Sister taxa: Caussanelia, Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Libellulinae, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Prorhyothemis, Sloveniatrum, Sympetrinae, Trithemistinae
Subtaxa: Brachydiplacini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Heggbach, plant-bearing layer (Miocene of Germany)