Epophthalmia Burmeister 1839 (true dragonfly)
Insecta - Odonata - Macromiidae
Parent taxon: Macromiidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994
Sister taxon: Macromia
Subtaxa: Epophthalmia biordinata, Epophthalmia zotheca
Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore