Telephlebiidae was once regarded as a separate family of dragonflies that were endemic to eastern and south-western Australia.

[1] However, recent taxonomic revisions have resulted in the classification of species that were previously placed in Telephlebiidae to now be part of the family Aeshnidae.

However, recent research and taxonomic updates have integrated the species that were once categorized under Telephlebiidae into the family Aeshnidae.

Consequently, the family Telephlebiidae is now considered unnecessary.

[2] Species that were part of Telephlebiidae are now acknowledged in both the Australian Faunal Directory[3] and the World Odonata List maintained at the Slater Museum of Natural History,[4] and they are classified as members of the Aeshnidae family.