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Aeshnidae

91 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Odonata › Aeshnidae

Gynacantha dobsoni Fraser, 1951

Gynacantha dobsoni, the lesser duskhawker, is a crepuscular dragonfly in Aeshnidae found in northern Australian ponds and swamps.

Gynacantha nourlangie Theischinger & Watson, 1991

Gynacantha nourlangie, the cave duskhawker, is a large crepuscular dragonfly found in northern Australian cave pools.

Gynacantha mocsaryi Förster, 1898

Gynacantha mocsaryi, the paddle-tipped duskhawker, is a crepuscular dragonfly found in Australia, Maluku Islands, and New Guinea.

Gynacantha rosenbergi Kaup, 1867

Gynacantha rosenbergi is a large, distinctively colored dragonfly with a known range from the Moluccas to parts of Australia and Melanesia.

Gynacantha millardi Fraser, 1920

Gynacantha millardi is a crepuscular dragonfly species currently known from India and Sri Lanka.

Remartinia luteipennis (Burmeister, 1839)

Remartinia luteipennis, the malachite darner, is a stable, least-concern darner dragonfly found across the Americas.

Spinaeschna tripunctata (Martin, 1901)

Spinaeschna tripunctata, the southern cascade darner, is an endemic Australian dragonfly of the Aeshnidae family.

Triacanthagyna septima (Selys, 1857)

Triacanthagyna septima is a small darner dragonfly with described size and color differences between males and females.

Pinheyschna subpupillata (McLachlan, 1896)

Pinheyschna subpupillata is a large endemic southern African hawker dragonfly found in fast-flowing upland streams and rivers.

Zosteraeschna minuscula (McLachlan, 1896)

Zosteraeschna minuscula, the friendly hawker, is a fairly large dragonfly species native to South Africa and Namibia.

Aeshna brevistyla Rambur, 1842

Aeshna brevistyla, the blue-spotted hawker, is a large dragonfly widespread across Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Pacific.

Austrogynacantha heterogena Tillyard, 1908

Austrogynacantha heterogena (Australian duskhawker) is the only species in the Austrogynacantha dragonfly genus, found in Australia and New Caledonia.

Notoaeschna sagittata (Martin, 1901)

Notoaeschna sagittata, the southern riffle darner, is an endemic Australian dragonfly found south of NSW's Hunter River.

Notoaeschna geminata Theischinger, 1982

Notoaeschna geminata, the northern riffle darner, is a large marked dragonfly endemic to rapid streams of northern eastern Australia.

Telephlebia brevicauda Tillyard, 1916

Telephlebia brevicauda, the southern evening darner, is an Aeshnidae dragonfly endemic to alpine eastern Australia that flies at dusk in bogs.

Telephlebia cyclops Tillyard, 1916

Telephlebia cyclops is an endemic eastern Australian dragonfly species commonly called the northern evening darner.

Telephlebia tryoni Tillyard, 1917

Telephlebia tryoni, the coastal evening darner, is an endemic Australian dark brown dragonfly that flies at dusk along streams.

Telephlebia godeffroyi Selys, 1883

Telephlebia godeffroyi, the eastern evening darner, is an endemic Australian dusk-flying aeshnid dragonfly found in eastern New South Wales.

Dromaeschna forcipata (Tillyard, 1907)

Dromaeschna forcipata, the green-striped darner, is a large black dragonfly with green stripes native to northeast Queensland, Australia.

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