Parent taxon: Neoanisoptera according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 2005, Carpenter 1992, Cowley 1942, Etter and Kuhn 2000, Fleck et al. 2003, Gentilini 1992, Jarzembowski 1988 and Zhang et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Aeschnidiidae
Subtaxa: Aeschna eudore Aeschna parkinsoni Aeschnidioidea Cercus Cercus clavus Cordulia scheuchzeri Cratopetaliidae Cymatophlebia mongolica Dissurus Dissurus liauyuanensis Dissurus qinquanensis Epigomphidae Euanisoptera Hageniidae Henrotayiidae Ictinogomphus fur Ixtahua Juragomphidae Kazakhophlebiella Libanoaeshnidae Libellula calypso Libellula doris Libellula eurynome Libellula melobasis Libellula perse Libellula thetis Libellula thoe Libelluloidea Magnathemidae Megaphlebiidae Miopetalura orientalis Necrogomphus Nothomacromiidae Petalurida Pritykiniella Proterogomphidae Stenogomphus scudderi
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore