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Protoneuridae
Sign in to saveProtoneuridae was formerly considered a family of damselflies. Recent taxonomic revisions have classified the species previously placed in Protoneuridae into two existing families - Coenagrionidae and Platycnemididae, both in the superfamily Coenagrionoidea.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderOdonata
- FamilyProtoneuridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Protoneuridae
- Collections
- MSU, USNM, AM, INHS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, South Africa, Costa Rica, India
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- Protoneuridae
- taxon name
- Protoneuridae
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- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Protoneuridae
- taxon common name
- Threadtails
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Protoneuridae was formerly considered a family of damselflies. Recent taxonomic revisions have classified the species previously placed in Protoneuridae into two existing families - Coenagrionidae and Platycnemididae, both in the superfamily Coenagrionoidea.
Along with Pseudostigmatidae, New World Protoneuridae are now sunk in Coenagrionidae and Old World Protoneuridae in Platycnemididae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Protoneuridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.