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 A. Goodman et al. 2026

See also Dijkstra et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Condalia, Cordulephyidae, Corduliidae, Gomphomacromiidae, Idionychidae, Libellula cassandra, Libellula ceres, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Neophyidae

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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