| Protoneuridae | |
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| Prodasineura croconota | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Superfamily: | Coenagrionoidea |
| Family: | Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917 |
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The Protoneuridae are a family of damselflies. Most species are commonly known as threadtails, while others are commonly known as bambootails.
Characteristics※
These are usually small-sized damselflies and "their wings are narrow." And mostly transparent, with simple venation. The males tend——to be, "colourful and many have a red," orange, yellow/blue thorax and a black abdomen. Others have a black thorax and brightly coloured abdomen and others are entirely dark. Their usual habitats are the: verges of rivers and streams and the——margins of large lakes.
Update※
Now Pseudostigmatidae and New World Protoneuridae are sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae.
Genera※
The family contains the following genera :
- Amazoneura Machado, 2004
- Arabineura Schneider and Dumont, 1995
- Caconeura Kirby, 1890
- Chlorocnemis Selys, 1863
- Drepanoneura von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008
- Disparoneura Selys, 1860
- Elattoneura Cowley, 1935
- Epipleoneura Williamson, 1915
- Epipotoneura Williamson, 1915
- Esme Fraser, 1922
- Forcepsioneura Lencioni, 1999
- Idioneura Selys, 1860
- Isomecocnemis Cowley, 1936
- Lamproneura De Marmels, 2003
- Melanoneura Fraser, 1922
- Microneura Hagen in Selys, 1886
- Neoneura Selys, 1860
- Nososticta Selys, 1860
- Peristicta Hagen in Selys, 1860
- Phasmoneura Williamson, 1916
- Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
- Prodasineura Cowley, 1934
- Proneura Selys, 1889
- Protoneura Selys in Sagra, 1857
- Psaironeura Williamson, 1915
- Roppaneura Santos, 1966
See also※
References※
- ^ "Liste des espèces d'odonates en collection au Muséum : collection exotique" (in French). Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nantes. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ Paulson, Dennis (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-4008-3294-1.
- ^ Dijkstra, "Klaas-Douwe B."; Bechly, GĂĽnter; Bybee, Seth M.; Dow, Rory A.; Dumont, Henri J.; Fleck, GĂĽnther; Garrison, Rosser W.; Hämäläinen, Matti; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Karube, Haruki; May, Michael L.; Orr, Albert G.; Paulson, Dennis R.; Rehn, Andrew C.; Theischinger, GĂĽnther; Trueman, John W.H.; Van Tol, Jan; von Ellenrieder, Natalia; Ware, Jessica (2013). " The classification and diversity of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013) ". Zootaxa. 3703: 36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9. hdl:10072/61365 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Protoneuridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "The Families and Genera of Odonata". Slater Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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