thumb|A. petalura female laying eggs<br />Phulchowki, Nepal

thumb|A. petalura female laying eggs<br />Phulchowki, Nepal

Aeshna, The spelling Aeschna has been intermittently used over a period of time, but is now abandoned for the original name Aeshna. However, derived genus names (such as Rhionaeschna) retain the 'sch' spelling, as this is how they were first cited.

Species

Many species formerly included in Aeshna have been split into other genera, including Afroaeschna, Andaeschna, Isoaeschna, Pinheyschna, Rhionaeschna, and Zosteraeschna.

  • Aeshna affinis – southern migrant hawker, blue-eyed hawker
  • Aeshna annulata (Doubtful Species)
  • Aeshna athalia
  • Aeshna caerulea – azure hawker
  • Aeshna clepsydra – mottled darner
  • Aeshna subarctica – bog hawker,
  • Aeshna tuberculifera – black-tipped darner

Fossil species

thumb|right|upright|[[Aeshna andancensis holotype wing]]

Note that many fossil species in the genus were named at a time when many extant species now included in other genera were included in Aeshna.

  • †Aeshna andancensis – Late Miocene (Turolian), France
  • †Aeshna caseneuvensis <small>Nel</small> <small>et al., 2022</small> – earliest Oligocene (Rupelian) of France
  • †Aeshna cerdanica – Late Miocene (Vallesian), Spain
  • ?†Aeshna dido (Aeshnidae incertae sedis) – Late Oligocene, Rott Formation, Germany
  • †Aeshna forficatum <small>Li et al., 2011</small> – Middle Miocene, Shanwang Formation, China
  • †Aeshna ghiandonii – Late Miocene (Messinian), Gessoso Formation, Italy
  • ?†Aeshna heterofasciata (Anisoptera incertae sedis) – Early Oligocene, Salt Formation, Germany
  • †Aeshna ignivora <small>Zhang, 1989</small> – Middle Miocene, Shanwang Formation, China
  • ?†Aeshna larvata (Anisoptera incertae sedis) – Late Eocene (Priabonian), Florissant Formation, Colorado
  • †Aeshna messiniana – Late Miocene (Messinian), Gessoso Formation, Italy
  • †Aeshna multicellulata – Late Miocene (Messinian), Gessoso Formation, Italy
  • †Aeshna oligocenica – terminal Oligocene, Niveau du gypse d'Aix Formation, France
  • †Aeshna ollivieri – Late Oligocene, Campagne-Calavon Formation, France
  • ?†Aeshna paleocyanea (Aeshnidae incertae sedis) – Early Oligocene (Stampian), France
  • †Aeshna shanwangensis <small>Li et al., 2011</small> – Middle Miocene, Shanwang Formation, China
  • ?†Aeshna theobaldi (Aeshnidae incertae sedis) – Early Pleistocene (Villafranchian), France
  • ?†Aeshna tyche (Aeshnidae incertae sedis) – Late Miocene (Sarmatian), Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation, Germany
  • †Aeshna voesendorfensis – Late Miocene (Messinian), Austria
  • †Aeshna zlatkokvaceki <small>Prokop et al., 2016</small> – Early Miocene of the Czech Republic

References

  • Aeshna, BugGuide
  • Corbet, P. S. 1999. Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, USA, 829pp.
  • von Ellenrieder, N., 2003. A synopsis of the Neotropical species of 'Aeshna' Fabricius: the genus Rhionaeschna Förster (Odonata: Aeshnidae). - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 146 (1): 67-207.