Microstigma rotundatum
Microstigma rotundatum, the helicopter damselfly, is a species of damselflies belonging to the family Pseudostigmatidae.[2][3]
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Description
Microstigma rotundatum is the most common species within the family. These damselflies have a long, thin body and large wings with a dense venation. The apex of the forewings has large yellow flecks and the pseudostigma shows many cells.[4][5]
Biology
These damselflies mainly prey on web-building spiders. Larvae develop in water-filled crevices of fallen trees and in phytotelmata, the bodies of water held by some plants (bromeliads).[6]
Distribution and habitat
This species is present in South America (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Amazonas).[4] It lives in tropical primary lowland forests.
Bibliography
- de Selys Longchamps, E. (1860) Synopsis des Agrionines. Première légion: Pseudostigma., Bulletin Academie royale Belgique Serie 2 10 (6): 9-27.
- Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van.
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References
- World Odonata List
- Catalogue of life
- Biolib
- Charles W. Heckman Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Zygoptera
- David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands
- Diomedes Quintero, Annette Aiello Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica
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