Platycnemididae

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]

Platycnemididae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Copera marginipes
Scientific classification
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

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
• Platycnemididae Strand, 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