Suborder Zygoptera Scientific name Mecistogaster Rank Genus | ||
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Lower classifications Mecistogaster amalia, Mecistogaster pronoti, Mecistogaster asticta | ||
Mecistogaster is a genus of large Neotropical damselflies in the family Pseudostigmatidae, commonly known as helicopter damsels. There are eleven species distributed from Mexico to Argentina.
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.
Species include:
References
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