Overview
Platycnemididae are a family of damselfly called white-legged damselflies. It is sometimes known as Platycnemidae.
This is a list of genera with the number of species in each.
- Allocnemis ? 2 species
- Arabicnemis ? 1 species
- ? 1 species
- Calicnemia ? 16 species
- Coeliccia ? 59 species
- Copera ? 9 species
- Cyanocnemis ? 1 species
- Denticnemis ? 1 species
- Idiocnemis ? 19 species
- Indocnemis ? 1 species
- Leptocnemis ? 1 species
- Lieftinckia ? 6 species
- Lochmaeocnemis ? 1 species
- Mesocnemis ? 5 species
- Metacnemis ? 3 species
- Oreocnemis ? 1 species
- Paracnemis ? 1 species
- Paramecocnemis ? 2 species
- Platycnemis ? 32 species
- Rhyacocnemis ? 2 species
- Risiocnemis ? 36 species
- Salomoncnemis ? 1 species
- Sinocnemis ? 2 species
- Stenocnemis ? 1 species
- Thaumatagrion ? 1 species
- Torrenticnemis ? 1 species
- List of damselflies of the world (Platycnemididae)
Taxonomy
The Family Platycnemididae is a member of the Superfamily Coenagrionoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Platycnemididae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Odonatoptera
- Order: Odonata
Fabricius, 1793 - Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Suborder: Zygoptera
Selys, 1854 - Damselflies
- Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
- Family: Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917
- Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
- Suborder: Zygoptera
Selys, 1854 - Damselflies
- Order: Odonata
Fabricius, 1793 - Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Superorder: Odonatoptera
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Platycnemididae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (2): Calicnemiinae · Platycnemidinae
- Genus (27): Allocnemis · Arabicnemis · Asthenocnemis · Calicnemia · Calicnemis · Coeliccia · Copera · Cyanocnemis · Denticnemis · Idiocnemis · Indocnemis · Leptocnemis · Lieftinckia · Lochmaeocnemis · Mesocnemis · Metacnemis · Oreocnemis · Paracnemis · Paramecocnemis · Platycnemis · Rhyacocnemis · Risiocnemis · Salomocnemis · Sinocnemis · Stenocnemis · Thaumatagrion · Torrenticnemis
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 273 species and subspecies in the Family Platycnemididae.
Genera
Allocnemis
Allocnemis is a genus of damselfly in family Platycnemididae. It contains the following species: [more]
Arabicnemis
Arabicnemis is a genus of damselfly in family Platycnemididae. It contains the following species: [more]
Asthenocnemis
Calicnemia
Calicnemis
Coeliccia
Copera
Cyanocnemis
Denticnemis
Idiocnemis
Indocnemis
Leptocnemis
Lieftinckia
Lochmaeocnemis
Mesocnemis
Mesocnemis is a of African damselflies in the white-legged damselfly family (Platycnemididae). It contains the following species: [more]
Metacnemis
Metacnemis is a genus of in family Platycnemididae. It contains the following species: [more]
Oreocnemis
Oreocnemis is a genus of in family Platycnemididae. It contains the following species: [more]
Paracnemis
Paramecocnemis
Platycnemis
Platycnemis is a genus of damselfly in family Platycnemididae. [more]
Rhyacocnemis
Risiocnemis
Risiocnemis is a genus of in family Platycnemididae. It contains the following species: [more]
Salomocnemis
Sinocnemis
Stenocnemis
Thaumatagrion
Torrenticnemis
More info about the Genus Torrenticnemis may be found here.
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