Overview
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Platystictidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as shadowdamsels. They look very similar to the threadtail damselfly family (Protoneuridae). They can mostly be found throughout Asia, Central America, and South America.
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- List of damselflies of the world (Platystictidae)
Taxonomy
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The Family Platystictidae is a member of the Superfamily Coenagrionoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Platystictidae:
- 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: Platystictidae Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
- 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 Platystictidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (3): Palaemnematinae · Platystictinae · Sinostictinae
- Genus (6): Drepanosticta · Palaemnema · Platysticta · Protosticta · Sinosticta · Sulcosticta
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 236 species and subspecies in the Family Platystictidae.
Genera
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Drepanosticta
Drepanosticta is a genus of in family Platystictidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Palaemnema
Palaemnema is a genus of in family Platystictidae. It contains the following species: [more]
Platysticta
Protosticta
Sinosticta
Sulcosticta
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Sulcosticta.
More info about the Genus Sulcosticta may be found here.
Sources
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