Allocnemidinae
# Allocnemidinae

Allocnemidinae is a subfamily of damselflies in the family Platycnemididae. There are 5 genera in Allocnemidinae, found in Africa and Arabia.

The subfamily Allocnemidinae was defined by Dijkstra, et al., in 2014, as a result of a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the damselfly families.

## Genera

These five genera belong to the subfamily Allocnemidinae:

* Allocnemis Selys, 1863
* Arabicnemis Waterston, 1984
* Mesocnemis Karsch, 1891
* Metacnemis Hagen, 1863
* Stenocnemis Karsch, 1899
