Mecistogaster
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Mecistogaster is a genus of large Neotropical damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly known as helicopter damsels. There are eleven species distributed from Mexico to Argentina.[1]
Members of this genus have very long abdomens which they use to deposit their eggs in the water-filled rosettes of bromeliads growing on trees in the forest.[2]
Species include:
- Mecistogaster amalia (Burmeister, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Amalia Helicopter[3]
- Mecistogaster amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster asticta Selys, 1860Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster buckleyi McLachlan, 1881Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Blue-tipped Helicopter[4]
- Mecistogaster jocaste Hagen, 1869Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster linearis (Fabricius, 1776)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster lucretia (Drury, 1773)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster martinezi Machado, 1985 (nomen obscurum)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster modesta Selys, 1860Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mecistogaster ornata Rambur, 1842Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Ornate Helicopter[5]
- Mecistogaster pronoti Sjöstedt, 1918Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Atlantic Helicopter[6]
References
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- ↑ Irusta, J. B., & Lencioni, F. A. A. (2015). First record of Pseudostigmatidae (Insecta: Odonata) in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Check List, 11(2), 1565.
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