Platycnemis pennipes (Pallas, 1771)
(White-legged Damselfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
GenusPlatycnemis (a genus of dragonflies)
FamilyPLATYCNEMIDIDAE (white-legged damselflies)
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly) :
1: Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
23 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 3: Female - lateral view
2: Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
20 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Males and females on water meadow vegetation
Image 1: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 3: Female - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 4: Female - lateral viewImage 5: Female - lateral view (2)Image 6: Female - lateral view (3)Image 7: Female - lateral view (4)Image 8: Female - lateral view (5)Image 9: Female - lateral view (6)Image 10: Female - latero-dorsal viewImage 11: Female - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 12: Female - latero-dorsal view (3)Image 13: Female - latero-dorsal view (4)Image 14: Female - latero-dorsal view (5)Image 15: Female - teneral - dorsal viewImage 16: Male - teneral - lateral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Briggs, J. 2006 The saga of the Montgomery Canal British Wildlife Vol 17 (6): 401-410.

Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Platycnemis pennipes (White-legged Damselfly)
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