Austroaeschna

Austroaeschna is a genus of dragonflies in the diverse family Aeshnidae.

Species of Austroaeschna are brown to black large dragonflies with dull or brightly coloured markings. One species is found in south-western Australia, while other species of Austroaeschna are indigenous to eastern Australia.

Species

The genus Austroaeschna includes the following species:

• Austroaeschna anacantha – western darner
• Austroaeschna atrata – mountain darner
• Austroaeschna christine – S-spot darner
• Austroaeschna cooloola – wallum darner
• Austroaeschna eungella – eungella darner
• Austroaeschna flavomaculata – alpine darner
• Austroaeschna hardyi – lesser Tasmanian darner
• Austroaeschna inermis – whitewater darner
• Austroaeschna ingrid - Grampians darner
• Austroaeschna muelleri – Carnarvon darner
• Austroaeschna multipunctata – multi-Spotted darner
• Austroaeschna obscura – Sydney mountain darner
• Austroaeschna parvistigma – swamp darner
• Austroaeschna pinheyi – inland darner
• Austroaeschna pulchra – forest darner
• Austroaeschna sigma – sigma darner
• Austroaeschna speciosa – tropical unicorn darner
• Austroaeschna subapicalis – conehead darner
• Austroaeschna tasmanica – Tasmanian darner
• Austroaeschna unicornis – unicorn darner

The following species are considered to be in the genus Austroaeschna by the Australian Faunal Directory.

• Dromaeschna forcipata – green-striped darner
• Dromaeschna weiskei – ochre-tipped darner

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