Biology:Platycnemididae
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The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies.[1][2] They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies.[3] There are over 400 species native to the Old World.[4] The family is divided into several subfamilies.[4]
Genera
There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.[5][6]
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
- 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
- Palaiargia Förster, 1903[7]
- Papuargia Lieftinck, 1938
- Paracnemis Martin, 1902
- Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 1932
- Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
- 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
- Torrenticnemis Lieftinck, 1949
- † Cretadisparoneura Huang et al., 2015 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Palaeodisparoneura Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Yijenplatycnemis Zheng et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
Etymology
The family name Platycnemididae is derived from the type genus Platycnemis, with the standard zoological suffix -idae used for animal families. The genus name Platycnemis is derived from the Greek πλατύς (platys, "broad" or "flat") and κνημίς (knēmis, "shin" or "greave").[8]
See also
- List of damselflies of the world (Platycnemididae)
- List of Odonata species of Australia
References
- ↑ "Family PLATYCNEMIDIDAE". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Platycnemididae.
- ↑ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Bechly, Günter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, Günther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti et al. (2013). "The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa 3703 (1): 36–45. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.9.
- ↑ "Platycnemididae". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=213442.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list2/.
- ↑ Orr, Albert; Kalkman, Vincent; Richards, Stephen (2014). "Four new species of Palaiargia Förster, 1903 (Odonata: Platycnemididae) from New Guinea with revised distribution records for the genus.". International Journal of Odonatology 16 (4): 309–325. doi:10.1080/13887890.2013.855949.
- ↑ Williams, Tim (2022). A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words. Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-387-82045-0.
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