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The Platycnemid Damselflies (Odonata: Platycnemidae) of South Africa Compiled by Tanza Crouch and Tessa Hedge Department of Entomology & Arachnology, Durban Natural Science Museum, P O Box 4085, Durban, 4000 South Africa Tel: +27 [0]31-311 2243       Fax: +27 [0]31-311 2242

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Family: PLATYCNEMIDIDAE Tillyard, 1917

1. Genus: ALLOCNEMIS Sélys 1863: 173
   1. A. leucosticta Sélys

      Allocnemis leucosticta Sélys 1863: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. (2)16: 174
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Northern Province (endemic); December to May

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: METACNEMIS Sélys 1863: 160 For a detailed revision of this genus, see Pinhey (1980b)
   1. M. angusta Sélys

      Metacnemis angusta Sélys 1863: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 2(16): 162
      Western Cape (endemic; taxonomic status needs confirmation); November

      
      
   2. M. valida Hagen

      Metacnemis valida Hagen in Selys 1863: Bull. Acad. r. Belg. 2(16)161
      Eastern Cape (endemic); October to January

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: MESOCNEMIS Karsch 1891: 66
   1. M. singularis Karsch

      Mesocnemis singularis Karsch 1891: Ent. Nachr. 17: 76
      Northern Cape, to equatorial Africa; December, March