The Platycnemididae are a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies (which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Epiprocta) but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the win ...

. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

.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. The family is divided into several subfamilies.

Genera

There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.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. 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 * '' 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 Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

, Myanmar,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

* † '' Palaeodisparoneura'' Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * † '' Yijenplatycnemis'' Zheng et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

{{Authority control Coenagrionoidea Odonata families Odonata of Africa Odonata of Europe Odonata of Asia Odonata of Australia Odonata of Oceania Taxa named by Georgiy Jacobson Taxa named by Valentin Lvovich Bianchi Insects described in 1905 Damselflies

Genera

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