Prodasineura verticalis female at Kadavoor

The Protoneuridae are a

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damselflies Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along ...

. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails.

Characteristics

These are usually small-sized damselflies and their wings are narrow and mostly transparent, with simple venation. The males tend to be colourful and many have a red, orange, yellow or blue thorax and a black abdomen. Others have a black thorax and brightly coloured abdomen and others are entirely dark. Their usual habitats are the verges of rivers and streams and the margins of large lakes.

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Now Pseudostigmatidae and

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Protoneuridae are sunk in

Coenagrionidae The insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, maki ...

and

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by th ...

Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae.

Genera

The family contains the following genera : *'' Amazoneura'' Machado, 2004 *'' Arabineura'' Schneider and Dumont, 1995 *'' Caconeura'' Kirby, 1890 *'' Chlorocnemis'' Selys, 1863 *'' Drepanoneura'' von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 *'' Disparoneura'' Selys, 1860 *''

Elattoneura ''Elattoneura'', the African threadtails, is a genus of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. They were formerly placed in genus ''Prodasineura'', but form a distinct clade. The adults are smallish and delicately built damselflies, and the ...

'' Cowley, 1935 *'' Epipleoneura'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Epipotoneura'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Esme'' Fraser, 1922 *'' Forcepsioneura'' Lencioni, 1999 *''

Idioneura ''Idioneurula'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropics.Gerardo Lamas 2004 ''Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. CheckList: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea'' Scientific Publish ...

'' Selys, 1860 *'' Isomecocnemis'' Cowley, 1936 *'' Lamproneura'' De Marmels, 2003 *'' Melanoneura'' Fraser, 1922 *'' Microneura'' Hagen ''in'' Selys, 1886 *'' Neoneura'' Selys, 1860 *'' Nososticta'' Selys, 1860 *'' Peristicta'' Hagen ''in'' Selys, 1860 *'' Phasmoneura'' Williamson, 1916 *'' Phylloneura'' Fraser, 1922 *''

Prodasineura ''Prodasineura'', the Asian threadtails, is a genus of damselflies in the family Protoneuridae. All the Afrotropical species formerly in this genus are now placed in ''Elattoneura'', the African threadtails. Dijkstra et al. (2014) moved the g ...

'' Cowley, 1934 *'' Proneura'' Selys, 1889 *''

Protoneura ''Protoneura'' is a genus of damselfly in the family Protoneuridae. It contains the following species: *'' Protoneura ailsa'' *'' Protoneura amatoria'' *'' Protoneura aurantiaca'' *'' Protoneura calverti'' *'' Protoneura capillaris'' - Bl ...

'' Selys ''in'' Sagra, 1857 *'' Psaironeura'' Williamson, 1915 *'' Roppaneura'' Santos, 1966

References

Taxa named by Robert John Tillyard Odonata families {{Coenagrionoidea-stub

Characteristics

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Genera

See also

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