Gynacantha
Gynacantha is a genus of dragonflies in the family Aeshnidae.
The females have two prominent spines under the last abdominal segment. This gives the genus name and the common name two-spined darners; they are also known as duskhawkers.
Species
The genus Gynacantha includes the following species:- Gynacantha adela
- Gynacantha africana - Giant Duskhawker
- Gynacantha albistyla
- Gynacantha alcathoe
- Gynacantha apiaensis
- Gynacantha apicalis
- Gynacantha arnaudi
- Gynacantha arsinoe
- Gynacantha arthuri
- Gynacantha auricularis
- Gynacantha bainbriggei
- Gynacantha bartai
- Gynacantha basiguttata
- Gynacantha bayadera
- Gynacantha bifida
- Gynacantha biharica
- Gynacantha bispina
- Gynacantha bullata - Black-kneed Duskhawker
- Gynacantha burmana
- Gynacantha calliope
- Gynacantha calypso
- Gynacantha cattienensis
- Gynacantha caudata
- Gynacantha chaplini
- Gynacantha chelifera
- Gynacantha comorensis
- Gynacantha constricta
- Gynacantha convergens
- Gynacantha corbeti
- Gynacantha croceipennis
- Gynacantha cylindrata - Greater girdled Duskhawker
- Gynacantha demeter
- Gynacantha dobsoni – lesser duskhawker
- Gynacantha dohrni
- Gynacantha dravida
- Gynacantha ereagris
- Gynacantha francesca
- Gynacantha furcata
- Gynacantha gracilis
- Gynacantha helenga
- Gynacantha hova
- Gynacantha hyalina
- Gynacantha immaculifrons - Pale Duskhawker
- Gynacantha incisura
- Gynacantha interioris
- Gynacantha japonica
- Gynacantha jessei
- Gynacantha khasiaca
- Gynacantha kirbyi – slender duskhawker
- Gynacantha klagesi
- Gynacantha laticeps
- Gynacantha limbalis
- Gynacantha litoralis
- Gynacantha maclachlani
- Gynacantha malgassica
- Gynacantha manderica – little duskhawker
- Gynacantha membranalis
- Gynacantha mexicana – bar-sided darner
- Gynacantha mocsaryi – paddle-tipped duskhawker
- Gynacantha musa
- Gynacantha nausicaa
- Gynacantha nervosa – twilight darner
- Gynacantha nigeriensis – yellow-legged duskhawker
- Gynacantha nourlangie – cave duskhawker
- Gynacantha odoneli
- Gynacantha pasiphae
- Gynacantha penelope
- Gynacantha phaeomeria
- Gynacantha radama
- Gynacantha rammohani
- Gynacantha remartinia
- Gynacantha risi
- Gynacantha rolandmuelleri
- Gynacantha rosenbergi – grey duskhawker
- Gynacantha rotundata
- Gynacantha ryukyuensis
- Gynacantha saltatrix
- Gynacantha sextans - Dark-rayed Duskhawker
- Gynacantha stenoptera
- Gynacantha stevensoni
- Gynacantha stylata
- Gynacantha subinterrupta
- Gynacantha tenuis
- Gynacantha tibiata
- Gynacantha usambarica – Usambara duskhawker
- Gynacantha vargasi
- Gynacantha vesiculata
- Gynacantha villosa – hairy duskhawker