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.
Reference(s):
- Bechly, G., 1998-2002a: Phylogenetic classification of fossil and extant odonates.
–iNet: Günter Bechly's Odonatology Webpage: Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata: http://www.bechly.de/system.htm - Bechly, G., 1998-2002b: Phylogenetic Systematics of Euanisoptera / Aeshnoptera.
–iNet: Günter Bechly's Odonatology Webpage: Phylogenetic Systematics of Odonata: http://www.bechly.de/anisopt1.htm - Schorr, M., Lindeboom, M. & Paulson, D., 2003: World Species List – Odonata.
–iNet: International Dragonfly Fund: http://www.calopteryx.de/idf/