page_title: List of Odonata species of South Africa
section_title: Platycnemididae
hierarchical_section_title: List of Odonata species of South Africa / Zygoptera (damselflies) / Platycnemididae
caption_attribution_description: English: Goldtail damselfly near Sani Pass Road, KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg
context_page_description: The common English names are those used by Tarboton and Tarboton and Tarboton. Alternative names used by Tarboton and Tarboton, Tarboton and Tarboton, Samways, and Dijkstra and Clausnitzer are given in brackets.
context_section_description: Allocnemis
  Allocnemis leucosticta, goldtail
  Elattoneura
  Elattoneura frenulata, sooty threadtail
  Elattoneura glauca, common threadtail
  Mesocnemis
  Mesocnemis singularis, savanna riverjack (riverjack, common riverjack)
  Metacnemis
  Metacnemis valida, blue riverjack (Kubusi stream-damsel, Kubusi streamjack)
  Spesbona
  Spesbona angusta, spesbona (Ceres stream-damsel, Ceres streamjack)
caption: Allocnemis leucosticta, a southern African endemic
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