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Platycnemididae

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Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)

Proplatycnemis alatipes female

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]

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

References

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^ 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.
^ "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ Platycnemididae. Fossilworks.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ 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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