Allocnemidinae

Allocnemidinae
Metacnemis valida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Platycnemididae
Subfamily:	Allocnemidinae Dijkstra, 2014

Mesocnemis singularis

Allocnemidinae is a subfamily of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. There are 5 genera in Allocnemidinae, found in Africa and Arabia. ^[1]

The subfamily Allocnemidinae was defined by Dijkstra, et al., in 2014, as a result of a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the damselfly families. ^[2]

Genera

These five genera belong to the subfamily Allocnemidinae: ^{[2] [1] [3]}

• Allocnemis Selys, 1863
• Arabicnemis Waterston, 1984
• Mesocnemis Karsch, 1891
• Metacnemis Hagen, 1863
• Stenocnemis Karsch, 1899

References

1. "Odonata Central" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
2. Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. Bibcode:2014SysEn..39...68D. doi: 10.1111/syen.12035 .
3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.