Tribe Aeshnini Rambur 1842 (darner dragonfly)
Parent taxon: Aeshninae according to H. Steinmann 1997
See also Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Allopetaliini, Anactini, Antiquiala, Oligaeschna
Subtaxa: Aeshna
Type: Aeshna
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections), Slovakia (1)
• Turolian of France (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (2), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), France (4), Germany (2), Spain (1)
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences