Platycnemididae

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Platycnemididae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Copera marginipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905 [1]
Subfamilies
Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova) Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova).jpg
Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)
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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]

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Genera

There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae. [5] [6]

Genera include:

See also

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References

  1. 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 .
  2. "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. Platycnemididae. Fossilworks.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  7. 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.