Family Synthemistidae Tillyard 1911 (true dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Synthemistidae

Alternative spelling: Synthemina

Full reference: R. J. Tillyard. 1911. Monograph of the genus Synthemis (Neuroptera: Odonata). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35:312-377

Parent taxon: Libelluloidea according to K. B. Dijkstra et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Condalia, Libellula cassandra, Libellula ceres, Macromiidae

Subtaxa: Gallosynthemistinae

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Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Menat (MNT collection) (Paleocene of France)

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