Featherlegs | |
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Platycnemis pennipes | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Family: | Platycnemididae |
Genus: | Platycnemis Burmeister, 1839 |
Platycnemis is agenus ofdamselfly in the familyPlatycnemididae.
The name comes from theGreek wordsplatos (πλατυς) 'flat' andcnemis (κνημη) 'shin'.[1] They are commonly known asfeatherlegs.
The genus contains the following species:[2]
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