Microstigma rotundatum

Microstigma rotundatum
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
Synonyms
  • Microstigma exustum (Selys, 1860)
  • Microstigma lunatum (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.

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