Platycnemis

{{short description|Genus of insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Featherlegs

| image = Platycnemis-pennipes-8937.jpg

| image_caption = Platycnemis pennipes

| taxon = Platycnemis

| authority = Burmeister, 1839

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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'.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trw-books.com/Word%20Roots/generalpreview.html |title=A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words |access-date=2009-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717105614/http://www.trw-books.com/Word%20Roots/generalpreview.html |archive-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead }} They are commonly known as featherlegs.

The genus contains the following species:{{World Odonata List}}

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• Platycnemis acutipennis {{small|Selys, 1841}} – Orange Featherleg{{cite web|title=Checklist, English common names|url=http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|publisher=DragonflyPix.com|accessdate=5 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121204160258/http://www.dragonflypix.com/checklist.html|archivedate=4 December 2012}}
• Platycnemis agrioides {{small|Ris, 1915}}
• Platycnemis alatipes {{small|(McLachlan, 1872)}}
• Platycnemis aurantipes {{small|Lieftinck, 1965}}
• Platycnemis bilineata {{small|Bartenev, 1919}}
• Platycnemis congolensis {{small|Martin, 1912}}
• Platycnemis dealbata {{small|Selys in Selys & Hagen, 1850}} – Ivory featherleg
• Platycnemis echigoana {{small|Asahina, 1955}}
• Platycnemis foliacea {{small|Selys, 1886}}
• Platycnemis foliosa {{small|Navás, 1932}}
• Platycnemis guttifera {{small|Fraser, 1950}}
• Platycnemis hova {{small|Martin, 1908}}
• Platycnemis kervillei {{small|(Martin, 1909)}} – Powdered featherleg, Kerville's featherleg{{Cite iucn | author = Schneider, W. | title = Platycnemis kervillei | volume = 2010 | page = e.T158699A5263488 | date = 2010 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T158699A5263488.en | access-date = 24 December 2017}}
• Platycnemis latipes {{small|Rambur, 1842}} – White featherleg
• Platycnemis longiventris {{small|Schmidt, 1951}}
• Platycnemis malgassica {{small|Schmidt, 1951}}
• Platycnemis melanus {{small|Aguesse, 1968}}
• Platycnemis nitidula {{small|(Brullé, 1832)}}
• Platycnemis nyansana {{small|Förster, 1916}}
• Platycnemis pennipes {{small|(Pallas, 1771)}} – Blue featherleg, White-legged Damselfly{{cite book|last=Dijkstra|first=Klaas-Douwe B.|title=Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe |year=2006|publisher=British Wildlife Publishing|isbn=0-9531399-4-8}}
• Platycnemis phasmovolans {{small|Hämäläinen, 2003}}
• Platycnemis phyllopoda {{small|Djakonov, 1926}}
• Platycnemis pierrati {{small|(Navás, 1935)}}
• Platycnemis protostictoides {{small|Fraser, 1953}}
• Platycnemis pseudalatipes {{small|Schmidt, 1951}}
• Platycnemis rufipes {{small|(Selys, 1886)}}
• Platycnemis sanguinipes {{small|Schmidt, 1951}}
• Platycnemis sikassoensis {{small|(Martin, 1912)}}
• Platycnemis subdilatata {{small|Selys, 1849}} – Barbary featherleg{{cite web|title=Checklist of Odonata|url=http://www.eimagesite.net/s1/gst/run.cgi?action=checklist;grid=57|work=eimagesite.net|accessdate=16 August 2010}}

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File:Platycnemis latipes, female, Vias, Hérault 01.jpg]]