{"id":363798,"date":"2026-05-28T15:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363798"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:21:04","slug":"gynacantha-khasiaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gynacantha-khasiaca\/","title":{"rendered":"Gynacantha khasiaca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Gynacantha khasiaca, a rare dragonfly, has resurfaced in Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Changlang district, about 600 km east of where it was first recorded 110 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Gynacantha khasiaca<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363799\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363799\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-TH-4.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gynacantha khasiaca\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-TH-4.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-TH-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-TH-4.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Source-TH-4.jpg?w=1311&amp;ssl=1 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is commonly known as the <strong>long-tailed duskhawker<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family: Aeshnidae<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Order: Odonata<\/strong> (dragonflies &amp; damselflies)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ecological role:<\/strong> It is crucial component of <strong>freshwater ecosystems<\/strong>, as <strong>predators and prey<\/strong> in the <strong>aquatic food web<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It is mostly found around the <strong>vicinity of freshwater habitats<\/strong> like rivers, streams, marshes, lakes and even small pools and rice fields.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong> Globally, it is found in <strong>north-east India, Nepal and Bangladesh<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>India, <\/strong>beyond <strong>Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong>, the long-tailed duskhawker has been documented in <strong>Assam, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rediscovery:<\/strong> It is discovered in <strong>Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong>, after a <strong>gap of 110 years<\/strong> from the <strong>Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>last described<\/strong> from the erstwhile <strong>Abor Hills in 1914.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This insect has <strong>two compound eyes<\/strong>, <strong>each with thousands of tiny lenses<\/strong> and <strong>photoreceptor clusters<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Due to this, it enjoys a near-360\u00b0 while staying still in the air.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>black &#8220;T&#8221;-shaped mark on its forehead<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>thorax is bright green<\/strong> with <strong>dark stripes<\/strong>, its <strong>wings are transparent<\/strong> with an amber tint, and it possesses a characteristically <strong>long, black-tipped abdomen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List: Data Deficient<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Gynacantha khasiaca, a rare dragonfly, has resurfaced in Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Changlang district, about 600 km east of where it was first recorded 110 years ago. About Gynacantha khasiaca It is commonly known as the long-tailed duskhawker. Family: Aeshnidae Order: Odonata (dragonflies &amp; damselflies) Ecological role: It is crucial component of freshwater ecosystems, as predators&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gynacantha-khasiaca\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gynacantha khasiaca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-363798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}