Platycnemididae

Platycnemididae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Copera marginipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Coenagrionoidea
Family:	Platycnemididae Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905 [1]
Subfamilies
Allocnemidinae Dijkstra, 2014 Calicnemiinae Fraser, 1957 Disparoneurinae Fraser, 1957 Idiocnemidinae Dijkstra, 2014 Onychargiinae Dijkstra, 2014 Platycnemidinae Yakobson & Bianchi, 1905

Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)

Proplatycnemis alatipes female

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]

Genera

There 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
• PlatycnemididaeStrand, 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

• List of damselflies of the world (Platycnemididae)
• List of Odonata species of Australia

References

1. 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.
2. "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
3. 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.
4. Platycnemididae. Fossilworks.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama.
8. 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.