Platycnemididae

The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies.[2] They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies.[3] There are over 400 species native to the Old World.[4] The family is divided into several subfamilies.[4]

Platycnemididae
Temporal range:
Copera marginipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905[1]
Subfamilies
  • Allocnemidinae Dijkstra, 2014
  • Calicnemiinae Fraser, 1957
  • Disparoneurinae Fraser, 1957
  • Idiocnemidinae Dijkstra, 2014
  • Onychargiinae Dijkstra, 2014
  • Platycnemidinae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905
Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)
Proplatycnemis alatipes female

Genera

There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.[5][6]

Genera include:

  • Allocnemis Selys, 1863
  • Arabicnemis Waterston, 1984
  • Arabineura Schneider & Dumont, 1995
  • Archboldargia Lieftinck, 1949
  • Arrhenocnemis Lieftinck, 1933
  • Asthenocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
  • Caconeura Kirby, 1890
  • Calicnemia Strand, 1928
  • Ciliagrion Sjöstedt, 1917
  • Coeliccia Kirby, 1890
  • Copera Kirby, 1890
  • Cyanocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
  • Denticnemis Bartenev, 1956
  • Disparoneura Selys, 1860
  • Elattoneura Cowley, 1935
  • Esme Fraser, 1922
  • Hylaeargia Lieftinck, 1949
  • Idiocnemis Selys, 1878
  • Igneocnemis Hämäläinen, 1991
  • Indocnemis Laidlaw, 1917
  • Lieftinckia Kimmins, 1957
  • Lochmaeocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
  • Macrocnemis Theischinger, Gassmann & Richards, 2015
  • Matticnemis Dijkstra, 2013
  • Melanoneura Fraser, 1922
  • Mesocnemis Karsch, 1891
  • Metacnemis Hagen, 1863
  • Nososticta Hagen, 1860
  • Onychargia Selys, 1865
  • Oreocnemis Pinhey, 1971
  • Palaiargia Förster, 1903[7]
  • Papuargia Lieftinck, 1938
  • Paracnemis Martin, 1902
  • Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 1932
  • Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
  • Platycnemididae Strand, 1928
  • Platycnemis Burmeister, 1839
  • Prodasineura Cowley, 1934
  • Proplatycnemis Kennedy, 1920
  • Pseudocopera Fraser, 1922
  • Rhyacocnemis Lieftinck, 1956
  • Risiocnemis Cowley, 1934
  • Salomocnemis Lieftinck, 1987
  • Spesbona Dijkstra, 2013
  • Stenocnemis Karsch, 1899
  • Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 1932
  • Torrenticnemis Lieftinck, 1949
  • † Cretadisparoneura Huang et al., 2015 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • † Palaeodisparoneura Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • † Yijenplatycnemis Zheng et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

See also
  • List of damselflies of the world (Platycnemididae)
  • List of Odonata species of Australia

References
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  1. Dijkstra, K.D.B.; et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365.
  2. "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. Platycnemididae. Fossilworks.
  4. Dijkstra, K. D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., & Van Tol, J. (2014). Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata). Systematic Entomology, 39(1), 68-96.
  5. Theischinger, G., Gassmann, D., & Richards, S. J. (2015). Macrocnemis gracilis, a new genus and species of Idiocnemidinae (Zygoptera: Platycnemididae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 3990(3), 429.
  6. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  7. Orr, Albert; Kalkman, Vincent; Richards, Stephen (2014). "Four new species of Palaiargia Förster, 1903 (Odonata: Platycnemididae) from New Guinea with revised distribution records for the genus". International Journal of Odonatology. 16 (4): 309–325. doi:10.1080/13887890.2013.855949. S2CID 84288727.
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