After Bechly, 1998-2002, with Recent species from Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003

<==o Gynacantha Rambur, 1842 sensu Bechly, 1996-2002 [incl. Triacanthagyna Selys, 1883; Acanthagyna Kirby, 1890] [88+7]
   |-- G. adela Martin, 1909 [incl. Gynacantha quadrifida Rambur, 1842; Gynacantha martini Navás, 1911]
   |-- G. africana (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) [Aeschna africana Palisot de Beauvois, 1805] [incl. Gynacantha lieftincki Compte Sart, 1964]
   |-- G. albistyla Fraser, 1927
   |-- G. alcathoe Lieftinck, 1961
   |-- G. apiaensis Fraser, 1927
   |-- G. apicalis Fraser, 1924
   |-- G. arnaudi Asahina, 1984
   |-- G. arsinoe Lieftinck, 1948
   |-- G. arthuri Lieftinck, 1953
   |-- G. auricularis Martin, 1909
   |-- G. bainbriggei Fraser, 1922
   |-- G. basiguttata Selys, 1882
   |-- G. bayadera Selys, 1891
   |-- G. bifida Rambur, 1842 [Gynacantha robusta Kolbe, 1888]
   |-- G. biharica Fraser, 1927
   |-- G. bispina Rambur, 1842
   |-- G. bullata Karsch, 1891 [Gynacantha elongata Fraser, 1957]
   |-- G. burmana Lieftinck, 1960
   |-- G. calliope Lieftinck, 1953
   |-- G. calypso Ris, 1915
   |-- G. caudata Karsch, 1891
   |-- G. chelifera McLachlan, 1895 [incl. Selysiophlebia aratrix Förster, 1904]
   |-- G. constricta Hämäläinen, 1991
   |-- G. convergens Förster, 1908 [incl. Gynacantha limai Navás, 1916]
   |-- G. corbeti Lempert, 1999
   |-- G. croceipennis Martin, 1897
   |-- G. cylindrata Karsch, 1891 [incl. Gynacantha lindratacy Le Roi, 1915]
   |-- G. demeter Ris, 1911
   |-- G. dobsoni Fraser, 1951
   |-- G. dohrni Krüger, 1899
   |-- G. dravida Lieftinck, 1960
   |-- G. ereagris Gundlach, 1888
   |-- G. flavipes Fraser, 1956
   |-- G. gracilis (Burmeister, 1839) [Aeschna gracilis Burmeister, 1839]
   |-- G. helenga Williamson & Williamson, 1930
   |-- G. hova Fraser, 1956
   |-- G. hyalina Selys, 1882
   |-- G. immaculifrons Fraser, 1956
   |-- G. incisura Fraser, 1935
   |-- G. interioris Williamson, 1923
   |-- G. japonica Bartenev, 1909
   |-- G. jessei Williamson, 1923
   |-- G. jubilaris Navás, 1915
   |-- G. khasiaca McLachlan, 1896 [incl. Gynacantha nigripes Martin]
   |-- G. kirby Krüger, 1898
   |-- G. klagesi Williamson, 1923
   |-- G. laticeps Williamson, 1923
   |-- G. limbalis Karsch, 1892
   |-- G. litoralis Williamson, 1923
   |-- G. maclachlani Förster, 1899
   |-- G. malgassica Fraser, 1962
   |-- G. manderica Grünberg, 1902
   |-- G. membranalis Karsch, 1891 [incl. Gynacantha jubilaris Navás, 1915]
   |-- G. mexicana Selys, 1868
   |-- G. mocsaryi Förster, 1898 [incl. Gynacantha simillima Förster, 1900]
   |-- G. musa Karsch, 1892
   |-- G. nausicaa Ris, 1915
   |-- G. nervosa Rambur, 1842 [Acanthagyna nervosa (Rambur, 1842) sensu Cowley, 1934]
   |-- G. nigeriensis (Gambles, 1956) [Acanthagyna nigeriensis Gambles, 1956]
   |-- G. nourlangie Theischinger and Watson, 1991
   |-- G. nympha Navás, 1933
   |-- G. ochraceipes (Pinhey, 1960) [Acanthagyna ochraceipes Pinhey, 1960]
   |-- G. odoneli Fraser, 1922
   |-- G. pasiphae Lieftinck, 1948
   |-- G. penelope Ris, 1915
   |-- G. phaeomeria Lieftinck, 1960
   |-- G. radama Fraser, 1956
   |-- G. rammohani Mitra and Lahiri, 1975
   |-- G. remartinia Navás, 1934
   |-- G. risi Laidlaw, 1931
   |-- G. rolandMülleri Hämäläinen, 1991
   |-- G. rosenbergi Kaup in Brauer, 1867
   |-- G. rotundata Navás, 1930
   |-- G. ryukyuensis Asahina, 1962
   |-- G. salatrix Martin, 1909
   |-- G. sevastopuloi Pinhey, 1961
   |-- G. sextans McLachlan, 1896 [incl. Gynacantha maesi Schouteden, 1917; Gynacantha schultzei Le Roi, 1915
   |-- G. stenoptera Lieftinck, 1934
   |-- G. stevensoni Fraser, 1927
   |-- G. stylata Martin, 1896
   |-- G. subinterrupta Rambur, 1842
   |-- G. tenuis Martin, 1909
   |-- G. tibiata Karsch, 1891
   |-- G. usambarica Sjöstedt, 1909
   |-- G. vesiculata Karsch, 1891 [incl. Gynacantha quadrina Mclachlan, 1896]
   |-- G. victoriae (Pinhey, 1961) [Acanthagyna victoriae Pinhey, 1961]
   |-- G. villosa Grünberg, 1902
   |-- G. zuluensis (Balinsky, 1961) [Acanthagyna zuluensis Balinsky, 1961]
   `--o Triacanthagyna Selys, 1883 sensu Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003 [7]
      |-- T. caribbea Willamson, 1923 [incl. Toaeschna fontinalis Förster, 1905]
      |-- T. dentata (Geijskes, 1943) [Coryphaeschna dentata Geijskes, 1943]
      |-- T. ditzleri Williamson, 1923
      |-- T. nympha (Navás, 1933) [Gynacantha nympha Navás, 1933]
      |-- T. satyrus (Martin, 1909) [Gynacantha satyrus Martin, 1909]
      |-- T. septima (Selys in Sagra, 1857) [Gynacantha septima Selys in Sagra, 1857]
      `-- T. trifida (Rambur, 1842) [Gynacantha trifida Rambur, 1842 sensu Kirby, 1890] [incl. Triacanthagyna needhami Martin, 1909]

Note:

Genus Triacanthagyna was treated as valid and separate by Schorr, Lindeboom & Paulson, 2003 [“International Dragonfly Fund”]. It was synonymized with Gynacantha by Bechly (1998-2002). Since the main reference in phylogeny is Bechly (1998-2002), I have included Triacanthagyna here, but kept them as a separate unit for easy extraction, if chances in taxonomy so warrant.

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