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Aeshnidae (hawkers; darners)

Synonyms: Aeschnidae; Oplonaeschna vectensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The insect family Aeshnidae comprises the hawkers (or darners in North America). They are the largest dragonflies found in North America and Europe and are among the largest dragonflies on the planet. This family represents also the fastest flying dragonflies of the order of the dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata).
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Genus

Acanthaeschna (1)   (1)
Aeschnophlebia (6)
Aeshna (Darner) (76)
Afroaeschna (1)
Agyrtacantha (6)
Alloaeschna (3)
Allopetalia (2)
Amphiaeschna (1)
Anaciaeschna (10)
Anax (36)
Andaeschna (5)
Antipodophlebia (1)
Antiquiala (1)
Austroaeschna (22)   (3)
Austrogynacantha (1)
Austrophlebia (2)
Baissaeshna (2)
Basiaeschna (2)
Boyeria (Spotted Darners) (9)   (1)
Brachytron (Hairy Dragonfly) (1)
Caliaeschna (1)
Castoraeschna (9)
Cephalaeschna (Darner) (21)   (1)
Coryphaeschna (8)
Cretalloaeschna (1)
Dendroaeschna (1)
Dromaeschna (2)
Eoshna (1)
Epiaeschna (8)
Gomphaeschna (7)
Gynacantha (107)   (2)
Gynacanthaeschna (1)
Heliaeschna (13)
Hemianax (2)
Huncoaeshna (1)
Idemlinea (1)
Indaeschna (2)
Kishenehna (1)
Kvacekia (1)
Limnetron (2)
Linaeschna (1)
Merlax (1)
Nasiaeschna (1)
Necracantha (2)
Neuraeschna (16)
Notoaeschna (2)
Oligaeschna (9)
Oligoaeschna (Darner) (37)
Oplonaeschna (4)
Oreaeschna (2)
Palaeaeschna (1)
Parabaissaeshna (1)
Periaeschna (13)   (2)
Petaliaeschna (5)
Pinheyschna (6)
Planaeschna (Darner) (30)   (2)
Plattycantha (3)
Polycanthagyna (4)
Racenaeschna (1)
Remartinia (4)
Rhionaeschna (Blue-eyed Darners) (42)   (4)
Sarasaeschana (1)
Sarasaeschna (8)
Spinaeschna (2)
Staurophlebia (5)   (1)
Sundaeschna (2)   (1)
Telephlebia (6)
Tetracanthagyna (5)
Triacanthagyna (9)
Valdaeshna (3)
Ypshna (2)
Zosteraeschna (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0