Back تتراكانثاجينا بلاجياتا ARZ Tetracanthagyna plagiata Bulgarian Tetracanthagyna plagiata CEB Tetracanthagyna plagiata Welsh Kalimantaninis laumžirgis Lithuanian Tetracanthagyna plagiata Dutch Tetracanthagyna plagiata Polish Tetracanthagyna plagiata Russian Tetracanthagyna plagiata Swedish Tetracanthagyna plagiata Vietnamese
| Giant hawker | |
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| Artist's rendition of a female Tetracanthagyna plagiata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Aeshnidae |
| Genus: | Tetracanthagyna |
| Species: | T. plagiata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetracanthagyna plagiata Waterhouse, 1877
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| Synonyms | |
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Gynacantha plagiata Waterhouse, 1877 | |
The giant hawker (Tetracanthagyna plagiata) or the gigantic riverhawker, is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is found throughout Sundaland, having been recorded on Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is the type species for the genus Tetracanthagyna.
It is the heaviest of all living Odonata, and additionally are the second largest of all living Odonates by wingspan, second only to Megaloprepus caerulatus (Pseudostigmatidae). T. plagiata is additionally the largest living dragonfly, with a maximum wingspan of 163 millimeters, exceeding the wingspan of runner-up Petalura ingentissima at 162 millimeters.
- ^ Dow, R.A. (2020) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Tetracanthagyna plagiata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T174497A177242971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T174497A177242971.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Tetracanthagyna plagiata". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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