Insecta - Odonata - Epigomphidae
Alternative spelling: Epigomphinae
Full reference: R. C. Fraser. 1934. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Odonata - Vol. II 1-398
Parent taxon: Anisoptera according to A. Nel and C. Jouault 2022
Sister taxa: Aeschna eudore, Aeschna parkinsoni, Aeschnidioidea, Cercus, Cercus clavus, Cordulia scheuchzeri, Cratopetaliidae, Cymatophlebia mongolica, Dissurus, Dissurus liauyuanensis, Dissurus qinquanensis, Euanisoptera, Hageniidae, Henrotayiidae, Ictinogomphus fur, Ixtahua, Juragomphidae, Kazakhophlebiella, Libanoaeshnidae, Libellula calypso, Libellula doris, Libellula eurynome, Libellula melobasis, Libellula perse, Libellula thetis, Libellula thoe, Magnathemidae, Megaphlebiidae, Miopetalura orientalis, Necrogomphus, Nothomacromiidae, Petalurida, Pritykiniella, Proterogomphidae, Stenogomphus scudderi
Subtaxa: Macrogomphus
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Menat (MNT collection) (Paleocene of France)