Family Synlestidae Tillyard 1917 (malachite)
Insecta - Odonata - Synlestidae
Synonym: Chlorolestidae Fraser 1960
Parent taxon: Lestoidea according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
See also Vasilenko 2005
Sister taxa: Cerdanyagrion, Cretalestes, Daemhippus, Eolestidae, Lestidae, Lutetialestes, Perilestidae, Platycnemis cincuneguii, Pseudolestidae
Subtaxa: Albertalestes Cretaphylolestes Gaurimacia Inacayalestes Madres Megalestes Palaeophylolestes
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta), France (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence