Biology:Allocnemidinae

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Short description: Subfamily of damselflies

Allocnemidinae
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Metacnemis valida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Family: Platycnemididae
Subfamily: Allocnemidinae
Dijkstra, 2014
Mesocnemis singularis

Allocnemidinae is a subfamily of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. There are 5 genera in Allocnemidinae, found in Africa and Arabia.[1]

The subfamily Allocnemidinae was defined by Dijkstra, et al., in 2014, as a result of a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the damselfly families.[2]

Genera

These five genera belong to the subfamily Allocnemidinae:[2][1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Odonata Central". https://www.odonatacentral.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R. et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035. 
  3. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21216371 entry