Platycnemididae

Platycnemididae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Copera marginipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Zygoptera
Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea
Family: Platycnemididae
Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905[1]
Subfamilies
Malagasy featherleg (Proplatycnemis hova)
Proplatycnemis alatipes female

The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies.[2][3] They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies.[4] There are over 400 species native to the Old World.[5] The family is divided into several subfamilies.[5]

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  5. ^ a b 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.