Palaemnema melanota

{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulson, D. |author2=von Ellenrieder, N. |date=2006 |title=Palaemnema melanota |volume=2006 |page=e.T15882A5278238 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T15882A5278238.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Palaemnema

| species = melanota

| authority = Ris, 1918

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Palaemnema melanota is a species of damselfly in the family Platystictidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.