Tribe Anactini Tillyard and Fraser 1940 (darner dragonfly)
Parent taxon: Aeshninae according to H. Steinmann 1997
See also Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Aeshnini, Allopetaliini, Antiquiala, Oligaeschna
Subtaxa: Anaciaeschna Anax Hemianax
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Castellaro (MCSN collection) (Miocene of Italy)