Subfamily Gomphinae Rambur 1842 (clubtail dragonfly)
Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
See also Hong 1982
Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius
Subtaxa: Gomphini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
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