Family Hypolestidae Tillyard and Fraser 1938 (damselfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Hypolestidae
Parent taxon: Calopterygoidea according to G. Bechly and W. Wichard 2008
Sister taxa: Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Euphaeidae, Polythoridae, Protothore
Subtaxa: Hypolestinae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences