Subfamily Hypolestinae Tillyard and Fraiser 1938 (damselfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Hypolestidae
Parent taxon: Hypolestidae according to G. Bechly and W. Wichard 2008
See also Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Anglohypolestes Hypolestini Prohypolestes
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences