Subfamily Austrogomphinae Carle 1986 (clubtail dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae

Full reference: F. L. Carle. 1986. The classification, phylogeny and biogeography of the Gomphidae (Anisoptera). I. Classification. Odonatologica 15:275-326

Parent taxon: Gomphidae according to F. L. Carle 1986

Sister taxa: Aeschna perampla, Auroradraco, Diastatomma, Erpetogomphus, Gomphidae, Gomphinae, Gomphoides occulta, Huaxiagomphus, Ilerdaegomphus, Jibeigomphus, Lanthus wuluogongensis, Libellula valga, Lindeniinae, Liogomphus, Lithogomphus, Octogomphinae, Pheugothemis, Sieboldius

Subtaxa: Austrogomphini

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Type: Austrogomphus

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at McGraths Flat (Miocene of Australia)

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