Platycnemis is a genus of damselfly in the family Platycnemididae. The name comes from the Greek words platos (πλατυς) 'flat' and cnernis (κνημη) 'shin'. They are commonly known as Featherlegs. The genus contains the following species:
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0