Subfamily Sympetrinae Tillyard 1917 (common skimmer)
Insecta - Odonata - Libellulidae
Parent taxon: Libellulidae according to G. Gentilini and L. Bagli 2004
See also Nel and Paicheler 1993
Sister taxa: Caussanelia, Jeanlegrandia, Leucorrhininae, Libellula eusebioi, Libellula minuscula, Libellulinae, Miorhodopygia, Molertrum, Onychothemis, Oryctodiplax, Palaeolibellula, Pantaliinae, Pantalinae, Prorhyothemis, Sloveniatrum, Tetrathemistinae, Trithemistinae
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Italy (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences