Full reference: C. H. Kennedy. 1920. The phylogeny of the zygopterous dragonflies as based on the evidence of the penes. The Ohio Journal of Science 21:19-29
Parent taxon: Zygoptera according to D. R. Zheng et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Agrion exhaustum, Agrion hecticum, Agrion mysis, Agrion thais, Andrephlebia, Burmadysagrioninae, Caloptera, Dinosamarura, Eopodagrion, Euzygoptera, Furagrion, Gasophlebia, Gomphus resinatus, Hemiphlebioidea, Italolestes, Megalestes anglicus, Mesomegaloprepidae, Podagrion abortivum, Pulchrairina, Samarura, Santanagrion, Steleopteridae, Steropoides, Valerea, Whetwhetaksidae, Dysagrionidae, Sieblosiidae
Subtaxa: Platystictidae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)