Metacnemis
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Metacnemis | |
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Metacnemis valida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Platycnemididae |
Subfamily: | Allocnemidinae |
Genus: | Metacnemis Selys, 1863 |
Species: | M. valida
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Binomial name | |
Metacnemis valida Hagen in Sélys, 1863
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Metacnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. It contains one species: Metacnemis valida
Spesbona angusta was moved from this genus in 2013. This genus was included in the subfamily Allocnemidinae in 2014.[1][2]
References
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B. (September 2013). "Three new genera of damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae, Platycnemididae)". International Journal of Odonatology. 16 (3): 269–274. doi:10.1080/13887890.2013.832606.
- ^ Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Kalkman, Vincent J.; Dow, Rory A.; Stokvis, Frank R.; et al. (2014). "Redefining the damselfly families: a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Zygoptera (Odonata)". Systematic Entomology. 39 (1): 68–96. doi:10.1111/syen.12035.