
Platycnemis
Sign in to savePlatycnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyPlatycnemididae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded426,798
Platycnemis, taxon qui désigne les Pennipattes (dont certaines espèces sont parfois appelées Agrions), est un genre d'insectes odonates zygoptères de la famille des Platycnemididae.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Platycnemididae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, INHS
- Recorded in
- China, Madagascar, Netherlands
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Platycnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae.
The name comes from the Greek words platos (πλατυς) 'flat' and cnemis (κνημη) 'shin'. They are commonly known as featherlegs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platycnemis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.