Taxonomy of Family Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924
Forest Damselflies, shadowdamsel, Shadowdamsels
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects | 315
2742
23344 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
| 212
1837
15688 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies | 170
1701
15422 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies | 24
490
6731 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Coenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
| 7
278
4343 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Platystictidae
Laidlaw, 1924
Forest Damselflies, Shadowdamsel, Shadowdamsels | 11
349 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924 | Subfamily | Palaemnematinae
Tillyard & Fraser, 1938
| 1
46 | Genus
Species | | Genus | Ceylonosticta
Fraser, 1931
| 23 | Species | | Genus | Drepanosticta
Laidlaw, 1917
| 157 | Species | | Genus | Indosticta
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mesosticta
Huang & al., 2015
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Platysticta
Selys, 1860
| 22 | Species | | Genus | Protosticta
Selys, 1885
| 69 | Species | | Genus | Sinosticta
Wilson, 1997
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Sulcosticta
van Tol, 2005
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Telosticta
Dow & Orr, 2012
| 17 | Species | | Genus | Yunnanosticta
Dow & Zhang, 2018
| 2 | Species |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Platystictidae | English | Forest Damselflies, Shadowdamsel, Shadowdamsels |
Distribution and Species lists of Platystictidae Laidlaw, 1924
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