Subfamily Libellulinae Rambur 1842 (common skimmer)
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to H. Steinmann 1997
See also Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Caussanelia, Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Prorhyothemis, Sloveniatrum, Sympetrinae, Tetrathemistinae, Trithemistinae
Type: Libellula
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Germany (2), Italy (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1), United States (5: California)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences