Family of damselflies
Pseudostigmatidae
Female Megaloprepus caerulatus in Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Zygoptera
Superfamily:
Coenagrionoidea
Family:
PseudostigmatidaeTillyard, 1917
Genera
Anomisma McLachlan, 1877 Coryphagrion Morton, 1924 Mecistogaster Rambur, 1842 Megaloprepus Rambur, 1842 Microstigma Rambur, 1842 Pseudostigma Selys, 1860
The Pseudostigmatidae are a family of tropical damselflies, known as helicopter damselflies , giant damselflies , or forest giants . The family includes the largest of all damselfly species. They specialize in preying on web-building spiders, and breed in phytotelmata, the small bodies of water held by plants such as bromeliads.
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The Pseudostigmatidae are a family of tropical damselflies, known as helicopter damselflies, giant damselflies, or forest giants. The family includes...
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members of the genus Agriocnemis (wisps). However, members of the Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) are exceptionally large...
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American helicopter damselfly Megaloprepus coerulatus (Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae ) with a wing span of 191 mm (7.5 in). The heaviest living odonates...
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giant damselflies were previously recognized as their own family, Pseudostigmatidae . M. caerulatus is found in wet and moist forests in Central and South...
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or firetail skipper butterflies Euglossini bees Augochlorini bees Pseudostigmatidae ("giant damselflies") Mantoididae (short-bodied mantises) Canopidae...
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This is a list of damselflies arranged into families. Amphipteryx agrioides Amphipteryx longicaudatus See List of damselflies of the world (Calopterygidae)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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living Odonates by wingspan, second only to Megaloprepus caerulatus (Pseudostigmatidae ). T. plagiata is additionally the largest living dragonfly, with a...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Platystictidae (shadowdamsels) Protoneuridae (threadtails, bambootails) Pseudostigmatidae (helicopter damselflies or forest giants) Lestoidea (superfamily)...
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Zygoptera Superfamily: Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890 Families Coenagrionidae Isostictidae Platycnemididae Protoneuridae Pseudostigmatidae Burmacoenagrionidae †...
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