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Long-tailed Helicopter
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Long-tailed Helicopter

Mecistogaster linearis

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.

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