Microstigma rotundatum
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| Microstigma rotundatum | |
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| Microstigma rotundatum. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Microstigma |
| Species: | M. rotundatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microstigma rotundatum Selys, 1860 | |
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Microstigma rotundatum, the helicopter damselfly, is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.[2]
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).[5]