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Mecistogaster
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Mecistogaster

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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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Lemon-tipped Helicopter

speciesMecistogaster ornata

Bromeliad Helicopter

speciesMecistogaster modesta

Long-tailed Helicopter

speciesMecistogaster linearis

Mecistogaster lucretia

speciesMecistogaster lucretia

Mecistogaster amalia

speciesMecistogaster amalia

Mecistogaster amazonica

speciesMecistogaster amazonica

Mecistogaster kesselringi

speciesMecistogaster kesselringi

Mecistogaster mielkei

speciesMecistogaster mielkei

Mecistogaster nordestina

speciesMecistogaster nordestina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89791.