Gynacantha nourlangie Theischinger & Watson, 1991 is a animal in the Aeshnidae family, order Odonata, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Gynacantha nourlangie Theischinger & Watson, 1991

Gynacantha nourlangie Theischinger & Watson, 1991

Gynacantha nourlangie, the cave duskhawker, is a large crepuscular dragonfly found in northern Australian cave pools.

Family
Genus
Gynacantha
Order
Odonata
Class
Insecta

About Gynacantha nourlangie Theischinger & Watson, 1991

Gynacantha nourlangie is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae, commonly known as the cave duskhawker. This large, sandy brown dragonfly has a constricted waist on its abdomen at segment 3. It is a crepuscular insect that flies only at dawn and dusk. It inhabits cave pools in northern Australia, and is widely distributed across the region, ranging from the Kimberley in Western Australia, through northern Northern Territory, to Cape York in Queensland.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Odonata Aeshnidae Gynacantha

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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