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Genus of insects
Platycnemis is a
genus of
damselfly in the family
Platycnemididae.
The name comes from the
Greek words platos (πλατυς) 'flat' and cnemis (κνημη) 'shin'.
[1] They are commonly known as featherlegs.
The genus contains the following species:
[2]
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Platycnemis acutipennis Selys, 1841 – Orange Featherleg
[3]
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Platycnemis agrioides Ris, 1915
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Platycnemis alatipes (McLachlan, 1872)
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Platycnemis aurantipes Lieftinck, 1965
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Platycnemis bilineata Bartenev, 1919
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Platycnemis congolensis Martin, 1912
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Platycnemis dealbata Selys in Selys & Hagen, 1850 – Ivory featherleg
[4]
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Platycnemis echigoana Asahina, 1955
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Platycnemis foliacea Selys, 1886
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Platycnemis foliosa Navás, 1932
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Platycnemis guttifera Fraser, 1950
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Platycnemis hova Martin, 1908
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Platycnemis kervillei (Martin, 1909) – Powdered featherleg,
[4] Kerville's featherleg
[5]
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Platycnemis latipes Rambur, 1842 – White featherleg
[3]
[4]
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Platycnemis longiventris Schmidt, 1951
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Platycnemis malgassica Schmidt, 1951
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Platycnemis melanus Aguesse, 1968
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Platycnemis nitidula (Brullé, 1832)
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Platycnemis nyansana Förster, 1916
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Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771) – Blue featherleg,
[3] White-legged Damselfly
[6]
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Platycnemis phasmovolans Hämäläinen, 2003
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Platycnemis phyllopoda Djakonov, 1926
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Platycnemis pierrati (Navás, 1935)
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Platycnemis protostictoides Fraser, 1953
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Platycnemis pseudalatipes Schmidt, 1951
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Platycnemis rufipes (Selys, 1886)
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Platycnemis sanguinipes Schmidt, 1951
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Platycnemis sikassoensis (Martin, 1912)
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Platycnemis subdilatata Selys, 1849 – Barbary featherleg
[4]
Platycnemis latipes
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