Platycnemididae

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

Genera
There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.

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
 * Denticnemis Bartenev, 1956
 * 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
 * Oreocnemis Pinhey, 1971
 * Palaiargia Förster, 1903
 * Papuargia Lieftinck, 1938
 * Paracnemis Martin, 1902
 * Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 1932
 * Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
 * Platycnemididae Strand, 1928
 * 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
 * Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 1932
 * 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