Pseudostigmatidae
Family of damselflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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Female Megaloprepus caerulatus in Costa Rica | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Odonata |
Suborder: | Zygoptera |
Superfamily: | Coenagrionoidea |
Family: | Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917 |
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