Subfamily Brachytroninae Fraser 1957 (darner dragonfly)
Parent taxon: Aeshnidae according to A. Nel et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Aeshna dido, Aeshninae, Basiaeschna, Eoshna, Epiaeschna, Gynacanthinae, Huncoaeshna, Idemlinea, Kvacekia, Merlax, Oplonaeschna vectensis, Palaeaeschna, Ypshna
Subtaxa: Brachytronini
Type: Brachytronini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence