Full reference: G. Bechly. 1996. Morphologische Untersuchungen am Flügelgeäder der rezenten Libellen und deren Stammgruppenvertreter (Insecta; Pterygota; Odonata) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der phylogenetischen Systematik und des Grundplanes der Odonata. Petalura, Special-Volume 2:1-402
Parent taxon: Lestida according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lestoidea
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (3 collections)
• Miocene of France (3), Germany (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), Spain (8), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of France (8), Germany (3), Romania (1), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), China (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Colorado, Montana)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta), China (2), France (2)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 55 collections including 68 occurrences