Platycnemis
Encyclopedia
Platycnemis is a genus
of damselfly
in family Platycnemididae
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The name comes from the Greek
words platos (πλατυς) 'flat' and cnernis (κνημη) 'shin'. They are commonly known as Featherlegs.
The genus contains the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of damselfly
Damselfly
Damselflies are insects in the order Odonata. Damselflies are similar to dragonflies, but the adults can be distinguished by the fact that the wings of most damselflies are held along, and parallel to, the body when at rest...
in family Platycnemididae
Platycnemididae
Platycnemididae are a family of damselfly called white-legged damselflies. It is sometimes known as Platycnemidae.This is a list of genera with the number of species in each.*Allocnemis — 2 species*Arabicnemis — 1 species...
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The name comes from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
words platos (πλατυς) 'flat' and cnernis (κνημη) 'shin'. They are commonly known as Featherlegs.
The genus contains the following species: