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Platycnemis
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Platycnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOdonata
  5. 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.

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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.

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