Subfamily Octogomphinae Carle and Cook 1984 (clubtail dragonfly)
Full reference: F. L. Carle and C. Cook. 1984. A new Neogomphus from South America, with extended comments on the phylogeny and biogeography of the Octogomphini trib. nov. (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 13:55-70
Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Austrogomphinae, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius
Subtaxa: Octogomphini
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Octogomphinae in the database