Insecta - Odonata - Coenagrionidae
Synonym: Agrionidae Leach 1815 [replaced name]
Full reference: W. E. Kirby. 1890. A Synonymic Catalogue of Neuroptera Odonata or Dragonflies, with an Appendix of Fossil Species 1-202
Parent taxon: Coenagrionoidea according to G. Bechly 2007
See also Bechly 2000, Carpenter 1992, Cockerell 1908, Cockerell 1909, Cockerell 1921 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Agrion icarus, Balticoagrion, Burmacoenagrionidae, Hispanocoenagrion, Platycnemididae, Platycnemidoidea, Trichocnemis aliena
Subtaxa: Agriocnemis Amphiagrion Argiinae Coenagrion Diceratobasis Enallagma Enallagma oligocena Hesperagrion Ischnurinae Marado Nehalennia Neoerythromma
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: Texas)
• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (3)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Colorado)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1)
Total: 21 collections including 29 occurrences