Parent taxon: Lestodea according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Nel and Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Cerdanyagrion Cretalestes Daemhippus Eolestidae Lestidae Lutetialestes Perilestidae Platycnemis cincuneguii Pseudolestidae Synlestidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (3 collections)
• Miocene of France (3), Germany (3), 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: 56 collections including 69 occurrences