The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies.[2][3] They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies.[4] There are over 400 species native to the Old World.[5] The family is divided into several subfamilies.[5]
| Platycnemididae Temporal range:
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| Copera marginipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Coenagrionoidea |
| Family: | Platycnemididae Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905[1] |
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Genera
editThere are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.[6][7]
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[8]
- 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
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- ^ Jacobson, G. G.; Bianki, V. L. (1905). Orthoptera and Pseudoneuroptera of the Russian Empire and bordering countries [Прямокрылые и ложносетчатокрылые Российской империи и сопредельных стран] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: A.F. Devrien. pp. 952 [725]. ISBN 978-5-4460-2061-4.
- ^ "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, Günther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (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. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ 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.