Protoneuridae Explained

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 or 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.^[1]

Update

Now Pseudostigmatidae and New World Protoneuridae are sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae.^[2]

Genera

The family contains the following genera :^[3]

• 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

• List of damselflies of the world (Protoneuridae)

Notes and References

1. Book: Paulson, Dennis. Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West . 2009 . Princeton University Press . 978-1-4008-3294-1. 186.
2. 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) . ResearchGate. 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.9 . 2013 . Dijkstra . Klaas-Douwe B. . Bechly . Günter . Bybee . Seth M. . Dow . Rory A. . Dumont . Henri J. . Fleck . Günther . Garrison . Rosser W. . Hämäläinen . Matti . Kalkman . Vincent J. . Karube . Haruki . May . Michael L. . Orr . Albert G. . Paulson . Dennis R. . Rehn . Andrew C. . Theischinger . Günther . Trueman . John W.H. . Van Tol . Jan . von Ellenrieder . Natalia . Ware . Jessica . Zootaxa . 3703 . 36 . 10072/61365 . free .
3. Web site: The Families and Genera of Odonata . . 2007-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070609132207/http://www.ups.edu/x6515.xml . 2007-06-09.