Family Macromiidae Tillyard 1917 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Macromiidae
Alternative spelling: Macromiinae
Parent taxon: Libelluloidea according to A. Goodman et al. 2026
See also Brockhaus et al. 2020, Lewis 1969, Nel and Paicheler 1994 and Steinmann 1997
Sister taxa: Condalia, Cordulephyidae, Corduliidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Idionychidae, Libellula cassandra, Libellula ceres, Libellulidae, Neophyidae, Synthemistidae
Subtaxa: Epophthalmia Macromia
Type: Macromia
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (4), United States (1: Washington)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence