Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus II 1-519
Parent taxon: Panodonata according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 2005, Bechly et al. 2001, Bode 1953, Carpenter 1992, Fabricius 1798, Martynov 1932, Martynov 1937, Vega et al. 2006 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Huangiopteridae, Saxonagrionidae, Tarsophlebiidae
Subtaxa: Anisozygoptera Epiproctophora Hageniella Hageniella problematica Idionychidae Kobdoneura Liassophlebia clavigaster Liassophlebia hopei Libellula decapitata Libellulina Mesomantidiidae Mesonetopsis Orthaeschnites Oryctothemis Palaeophlebia Peraphlebia Proaeschna Pseudoeuphaea Pseudoeuphaea areolata Pseudoeuphaea falsificata Pseudoeuphaea filosa Pseudoeuphaea obscura Sogdothemis Syrrhoe Triassophlebia Zygoptera
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore