Tribe Allopetaliini Cockerell 1913 (darner dragonfly)
Alternative spelling: Allopetaliidae
Parent taxon: Aeshninae according to G. Bechly and J. A. Rasmussen 2019
See also Bechly et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aeshnini, Anactini, Antiquiala, Oligaeschna
Subtaxa: Anglogomphaeschna Baissaeshna Boyeria Parabaissaeshna
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence