Checklist of Superfamily Aeshnoidea Rambur, 1842
for Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 752
15103
59523 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 748
15065
59380 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 33
228
719 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 19
128
437 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 19
128
437 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Epiprocta
Lohmann, 1996
| 7
82
259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anisoptera
Berthold, 1827
Dragonflies, True Dragonflies | 7
82
259 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Aeshnoidea
Rambur, 1842
| 1
13
37 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 37 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Southern Africa
13 Genera with 37 Species | Acanthagyna Kirby, 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aeschna Shaw and Hop..., 1839 | hawker dragonfly | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aeshna Fabricius, 1896 | Aeshna Dragonfly | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Anaciaeschna Selys, 1896 | Aeshna | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anax Leach, 1867 | Emperors And Green Darners | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Austroaeschna Selys, 1909 | Dromaeschna | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caliaeschna Selys, 1845 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coryphaeschna Williamson, 1865 | Pilot Darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gynacantha Rambur, 1961 | Duskhawkers | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hemianax Selys, 1839 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinheyschna Peters & The..., 1896 | Hawkers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhionaeschna Förster, 1775 | Blue-eyed darners | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zosteraeschna Peters & The..., 1906 | | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Africa
37 Species and 2 Subspecies | Acanthagyna zuluensis Balinsky, 1961 | | | Aeschna dorsalis (Burmeister, 1839) | ⇒ Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | | Aeschna ephippigera Burmeister, 1839 | Vagrant emperor | | Aeshna canadensis Walker, 1908 | Canada darner | | Aeshna cyanea O. F. Müller, 1764 | Blue hawker | | Aeshna ellioti Kirby, 1896 | Elliot´s hawker | | Aeshna ellioti usambarica Foerster, 1906 | | | Aeshna isosceles (Walker, 1908) | ⇒ Aeshna isoceles Müller, 1767 | | Aeshna juncea Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Aeshna | | Aeshna miniscula McLachlan, 1896 | | | Aeshna minuscula (McLachlan, 1896) | ⇒ Zosteraeschna minuscula MacLachlan, 1896 | | Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 | Autumn Hawker | | Aeshna rileyi (Calvert, 1892) | ⇒ Agrilus ustus Curletti, 2002 | | Aeshna subpupillata (McLachlan, 1896) | ⇒ Pinheyschna subpupillata McLachlan, 1896 | | Anaciaeschna triangulifera McLachlan, 1896 | Evening Hawker | | Anax bangweuluensis Kimmins, 1955 | Swamp Emperor | | Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) | ⇒ Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839 | | Anax imperator Leach, 1815 | Blue Emperor | | Anax imperator mauricianus Rambur, 1842 | | | Anax speratus Hagen, 1867 | Great Red Dragonfly | | Anax tristis Hagen, 1867 | Black Emperor | | Austroaeschna (Austroaeschna) sigma Theischinger, 1982 | Sigma Darner | | Austroaeschna (Pulchaeschna) pulchra Tillyard, 1909 | Forest Darner | | Caliaeschna microstigma Schneider, 1845 | Eastern Spectre | | Coryphaeschna macromia (Brauer, 1865) | ⇒ Coryphaeschna adnexa Hagen, 1861 | | Gynacantha chelifera McLachlan, 1895 | | | Gynacantha manderica Grünberg, 1902 | Little Dusk-Hawker | | Gynacantha usambarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | Eastern Duskhawker | | Gynacantha usambaricus | Usambara Dusk-Hawker | | Gynacantha villosa Grünberg, 1902 | Brown duskhawker | | Gynacantha zuluensis (Balinsky, 1961) | ⇒ Gynacantha usambarica Sjöstedt, 1909 | | Hemianax ephippiger Burmeister, 1839 | Vagrant Emperor | | Pinheyschna rileyi Calvert, 1892 | Bullseye Hawker | | Pinheyschna subpupillata McLachlan, 1896 | Stream Hawker | | Rhionaeschna variegata Fabricius, 1775 | | | Zosteraeschna elioti | Eliot´s Hawker | | Zosteraeschna ellioti Kirby, 1896 | Elliot´s Hawker | | Zosteraeschna minuscula MacLachlan, 1896 | Friendly Hawker | | Zosteraeschna usambarica Förster, 1906 | Elliot's hawker |
Subnodes of Aeshnoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
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