Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)

The Platycnemididae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...

. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...

.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. The family is divided into several subfamilies.

Genera

There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.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. Genera include: * '' Allocnemis'' Selys, 1863 * '' Arabicnemis'' Waterston, 1984 * ''

Arabineura ''Arabineura'' is a genus of damselfly in the family Protoneuridae The Protoneuridae are a family of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails. Characteristics These are usua ...

'' Schneider & Dumont, 1995 * '' Archboldargia'' Lieftinck, 1949 * '' Arrhenocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1933 * '' Asthenocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1949 * '' Caconeura'' Kirby, 1890 * '' Calicnemia'' Strand, 1928 * '' Ciliagrion'' Sjöstedt, 1917 * ''

Coeliccia ''Coeliccia'' is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. They are distributed in Asia from India to Japan to Indonesia.Steinhoff, P. O. & Uhl, G. (2014)Taxonomy and nomenclature of some mainland SE-Asian ''Coeliccia'' spe ...

'' Kirby, 1890 * '' Copera'' Kirby, 1890 * '' Cyanocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1949 * '' Denticnemis'' Bartenev, 1956 * ''

Disparoneura ''Disparoneura'' is a genus of dragonfly in the family Protoneuridae The Protoneuridae are a family of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails. Characteristics These are us ...

'' Selys, 1860 * ''

Elattoneura ''Elattoneura'', the African threadtails, is a genus of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. They were formerly placed in genus ''Prodasineura'', but form a distinct clade. The adults are smallish and delicately built damselflies, and thei ...

'' 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 * '' Papuargia'' Lieftinck, 1938 * '' Paracnemis'' Martin, 1902 * '' Paramecocnemis'' Lieftinck, 1932 * '' Phylloneura'' Fraser, 1922 * ''Platycnemididae'' Strand, 1928 * '' Platycnemis'' Burmeister, 1839 * ''

Prodasineura ''Prodasineura'', the Asian threadtails, is a genus of damselfly, damselflies in the family Protoneuridae. All the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical species formerly in this genus are now placed in ''Elattoneura'', the African threadtails. Dijks ...

'' 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 Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

* † '' Palaeodisparoneura'' Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * † '' Yijenplatycnemis'' Zheng et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q497276 Odonata families Odonata of Africa Odonata of Europe Odonata of Asia Odonata of Australia Odonata of Oceania Taxa named by Georgiy Jacobson Taxa named by Valentin Lvovich Bianchi Insects described in 1905 Damselflies

Genera

See also

References