Prodasineura verticalis female at Kadavoor

The Protoneuridae are a

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of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails.

Characteristics

These are usually small-sized damselflies and their wings are narrow and mostly

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, with simple venation. The males tend to be colourful and many have a red, orange, yellow or blue thorax and a black abdomen. Others have a black thorax and brightly coloured abdomen and others are entirely dark. Their usual habitats are the verges of rivers and streams and the margins of large lakes.

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Pseudostigmatidae The Pseudostigmatidae are a family of tropical damselflies, known as helicopter damselflies, giant damselflies, or forest giants. The family includes the largest of all damselfly species. They specialize in preying on web-building spiders, and ...

and

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Protoneuridae are sunk in

Coenagrionidae The insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making ...

and Old World Protoneuridae in

Platycnemididae The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the Old World.Dijkstra, K. D. B., Kalkman, V. J., Dow, R. A., Stokvis, F. R., & Van Tol, J. (2014)Redefini ...

Genera

The family contains the following genera : *'' Amazoneura'' Machado, 2004 *''

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 and Dumont, 1995 *'' Caconeura'' Kirby, 1890 *'' Chlorocnemis'' Selys, 1863 *'' Drepanoneura'' von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 *''

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 *''

Epipleoneura ''Epipleoneura'' is a genus of Neotropic damselfly, damselflies in the Protoneuridae family. Species *''Epipleoneura albuquerquei'' *''Epipleoneura angeloi'' Pessacq & Costa, 2010Pessacq, P. & Costa, J. M. "''Epipleoneura angeloi'' (Odonata: Pr ...

'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Epipotoneura'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Esme'' Fraser, 1922 *'' Forcepsioneura'' Lencioni, 1999 *'' Idioneura'' Selys, 1860 *'' Isomecocnemis'' Cowley, 1936 *'' Lamproneura'' De Marmels, 2003 *'' Melanoneura'' Fraser, 1922 *''

Microneura ''Microneura'' 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 usua ...

'' Hagen ''in'' Selys, 1886 *''

Neoneura ''Neoneura'' is a genus of damselfly in the threadtail family Protoneuridae. They are found in the Neotropics, from Cuba and Texas to Argentina. Characteristics Though part of the threadtail family, the abdomen of neoneurans, in contrast to tha ...

'' Selys, 1860 *'' Nososticta'' Selys, 1860 *'' Peristicta'' Hagen ''in'' Selys, 1860 *'' Phasmoneura'' Williamson, 1916 *'' Phylloneura'' Fraser, 1922 *''

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 *'' Proneura'' Selys, 1889 *'' Protoneura'' Selys ''in'' Sagra, 1857 *'' Psaironeura'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Roppaneura'' Santos, 1966

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Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard Odonata families {{Coenagrionoidea-stub

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