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White-legged damselflies
Platycnemididae
Platycnemididae is a family of damselflies in the superfamily Coenagrionoidea. The family contains more than 400 species distributed throughout the Old World, particularly in Africa, Asia and the western Pacific.
Many species have broadened tibiae and are commonly known as white-legged damselflies, although this feature is absent in some groups.
42 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 495 known species
Platycnemis
genusPlatycnemis
Copera
genusCopera
Prodasineura
genusProdasineura
Coeliccia
genusCoeliccia
Threadtails
genusNososticta
Pseudocopera
genusPseudocopera
Onychargia
genusOnychargia
Threadtails
genusElattoneura
Risiocnemis
genusRisiocnemis
Yellowwings
genusAllocnemis
Calicnemia
genusCalicnemia
Igneocnemis
genusIgneocnemis
Disparoneura
genusDisparoneura
Caconeura
genusCaconeura
Indocnemis
genusIndocnemis
True Riverjacks
genusMesocnemis
Proplatycnemis
genusProplatycnemis
Esme
genusEsme
Spesbona
genusSpesbona
Arabineura
genusArabineura
Arabicnemis
genusArabicnemis
Melanoneura
genusMelanoneura
Phylloneura
genusPhylloneura
Asthenocnemis
genusAsthenocnemis
Metacnemis
genusMetacnemis
Paracnemis
genusParacnemis
Idiocnemis
genusIdiocnemis
Palaiargia
genusPalaiargia
Stenocnemis
genusStenocnemis
Matticnemis
genusMatticnemis
Paramecocnemis
genusParamecocnemis
Lieftinckia
genusLieftinckia
Rhyacocnemis
genusRhyacocnemis
Salomocnemis
genusSalomocnemis
Macrocnemis
genusMacrocnemis
Torrenticnemis
genusTorrenticnemis
Cyanocnemis
genusCyanocnemis
Archboldargia
genusArchboldargia
Arrhenocnemis
genusArrhenocnemis
Papuargia
genusPapuargia
Hylaeargia
genusHylaeargia
Lochmaeocnemis
genusLochmaeocnemis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85991.