Microstigma rotundatum
| Microstigma rotundatum | |
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| Microstigma rotundatum. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Pseudostigmatidae |
| Genus: | Microstigma |
| Species: | M. rotundatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microstigma rotundatum Selys, 1860 | |
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Microstigma rotundatum, the Helicopter Damselfly, is a species of damselflies belonging to the family Pseudostigmatidae. [2][3]
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.
References
- ↑ World Odonata List
- ↑ Catalogue of life
- ↑ Biolib
- 1 2 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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