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Checklist for Family Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917 (White-legged damselflies)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
458
5336
18787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
455
5331
18781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
21
91
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
17
83
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
17
83
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
11
43
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
5
27
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPlatycnemididae
Tillyard, 1917
White-legged damselflies, White-legged damselfly
8
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
8 Genera with 32 Species
Cyanocnemis Lieftinck, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Idiocnemis Selys, 193711SpeciesTaxom
Lieftinckia Kimmins, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Lochmaeocnemis Lieftinck, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Nososticta Selys, 188614SpeciesTaxom
Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Rhyacocnemis Lieftinck, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 19321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
32 Species
Cyanocnemis aureofrons Lieftinck, 1949
Idiocnemis adelbertensis Gassmann, 1999
Idiocnemis huonensis Lieftinck, 1958
Idiocnemis inaequidens Lieftinck, 1932
Idiocnemis lakekamuensis Gassmann & R..., 2019
Idiocnemis leonardi Lieftinck, 1958
Idiocnemis leonorae (Lieftinck, 1949)⇒ Agrilus rabaticus Théry, 1930
Idiocnemis louisiadensis Lieftinck, 1958
Idiocnemis milou Gassmann & R..., 2019
Idiocnemis obliterata Lieftinck, 1932
Idiocnemis patriciae Gassman & Ri..., 2008
Idiocnemis pruinescens Lieftinck, 1937
Lieftinckia kimminsi Lieftinck, 1963
Lochmaeocnemis malacodora Lieftinck, 1949
Nososticta beatrix Lieftinck, 1949
Nososticta callisphaena Lieftinck, 1937
Nososticta chalybeostoma Lieftinck, 1932
Nososticta commutata Lieftinck, 1938
Nososticta dorsonigra Martin, 1903
Nososticta erythrura Lieftinck, 1932
Nososticta finisterrae Förster, 1897
Nososticta irene Lieftinck, 1949
Nososticta melanoxantha Lieftinck, 1949
Nososticta nigrifrons Ris, 1913
Nososticta nigrofasciata Lieftinck, 1932
Nososticta plagioxantha Lieftinck, 1932
Nososticta rosea Ris, 1913
Nososticta salomonis Selys, 1886
Paramecocnemis similis Orr, Kalkman..., 2012
Paramecocnemis stillacruoris Lieftinck, 1956
Rhyacocnemis prothoracica Lieftinck, 1987
Thaumatagrion funereum Lieftinck, 1932

Subnodes of Platycnemididae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyDisparoneurinae
Fraser, 1957
1
14
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Platycnemididae at artfakta.se
Platycnemididae at dyntaxa.se
Platycnemididae at gbif.org
Platycnemididae at gbif.org
Platycnemididae at irmng.org