Protoneuridae

Protoneuridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Superfamily:	Coenagrionoidea
Family:	Protoneuridae ; Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905

Last updated August 26, 2025

Protoneuridae was formerly considered a family of damselflies. Recent taxonomic revisions have classified the species previously placed in Protoneuridae into two existing families - Coenagrionidae and Platycnemididae, both in the superfamily Coenagrionoidea.

Along with Pseudostigmatidae, New World Protoneuridae are now sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae.^[2]

Genera

The family Protoneuridae contained more than twenty genera.

The following genera are now in the family Coenagrionidae:

Amazoneura Machado, 2004
Drepanoneura von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008
Epipleoneura Williamson, 1915
Epipotoneura Williamson, 1915
Forcepsioneura Lencioni, 1999
Idioneura Selys, 1860
Lamproneura De Marmels, 2003
Microneura Hagen in Selys, 1886
Neoneura Selys, 1860
Peristicta Hagen in Selys, 1860
Phasmoneura Williamson, 1916
Proneura Selys, 1889
Protoneura Selys in Sagra, 1857
Psaironeura Williamson, 1915
Roppaneura Santos, 1966

These genera are now in the family Platycnemididae:

Arabineura Schneider and Dumont, 1995
Caconeura Kirby, 1890
Chlorocnemis Selys, 1863
Disparoneura Selys, 1860
Elattoneura Cowley, 1935
Esme Fraser, 1922
Isomecocnemis Cowley, 1936
Melanoneura Fraser, 1922
Nososticta Selys, 1860
Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
Prodasineura Cowley, 1934

References

↑ 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 [726]. ISBN 978-5-4460-2061-4.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
↑ 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.

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[Jacobson_and_Bianchi_1905-1] 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 [726]. ISBN 978-5-4460-2061-4.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

[Dijkstra_2013-2] 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.

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