After Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Anax Leach, 1815 [32]
   |-- A. amazili (Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna amazili Burmeister, 1839[ [incl. Protoaeschna pseudochiri Förster, 1908; Anax maculatus Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. bacchus Hagen, 1867
   |-- A. bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955
   |-- A. chloromelas Ris, 1911
   |-- A. concolor Brauer, 1865
   |-- A. congoliath Fraser, 1953 [incl. Anax lisomboae Pinhey, 1962]
   |-- A. ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna ephippigera Burmeister, 1839] [incl. Aeshna mediterranea Selys, 1839; Anax marginope Baijal and Agarwal, 1955; Anax senegalensis Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. fumosus Hagen, 1867
   |-- A. georgius Selys, 1872
   |-- A. gibbosulus Rambur, 1842
   |-- A. guttatus (Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna guttata Burmeister, 1839] [incl. Anax goliathus Fraser, 1922; Anax magnus Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. immaculifrons Rambur, 1842
   |-- A. imperator Leach, 1815 [incl. Aeschna lunata Kolenati, 1856; Aeshna azurea Charpentier, 1825; Aeshna dorsalis Burmeister, 1839; Aeshna formosa Vander Linden, 1823; Anax mauricianus Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. indicus Lieftinck, 1942
   |-- A. julius Brauer, 1865
   |-- A. junius (Drury, 1773) [Libellula junia Drury, 1773] [incl. Anax spiniferus Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. longipes Hagen, 1861
   |-- A. maclachlani Förster, 1898
   |-- A. mandrakae Gauthier, 1988
   |-- A. marginope Baijal and Agarwal, 1956
   |-- A. nigrofasciatus Oguma, 1915
   |-- A. panybeus Hagen, 1867
   |-- A. papuensis (Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna papuensis Burmeister, 1839]
   |-- A. parthenope (Selys, 1839) [Aeschna parthenope Selys, 1839] [incl. Anax bacchus Hagen, 1867; Anax geyri Buchholz, 1955; Anax jordansi Buchholz, 1955; Anax julius Brauer, 1865; Anax major Götz, 1923; Anax parisinus Rambur, 1842]
   |-- A. piraticus Kennedy, 1934
   |-- A. pugnax Lieftinck, 1942
   |-- A. selysi Förster, 1900
   |-- A. speratus Hagen, 1867 [incl. Anax rutherfordi McLachlan, 1883]
   |-- A. strenuus Hagen, 1867
   |-- A. tristis Hagen, 1867 [incl. Anax goliath Selys, 1872]
   |-- A. tumorifer McLachlan, 1885
   |-- A. walsinghami McLachlan, 1882 [incl. Anax validus Hagen, 1875, nomen nudum]

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