Microstigma rotundatum
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Microstigma rotundatum, the helicopter damselfly, is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.
Pseudostigmatidae Microstigma rotundatum
Phytotelma
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A phytotelma is a small water-filled cavity in a terrestrial plant. The water accumulated within these plants may serve as the habitat for associated fauna and flora.
Microstigma rotundatum
…pseudostigma shows many cells. 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). This species is present in South America (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Amazonas…
The giant pitchers of Nepenthes rajah act as phytotelmata
Bromeliad tank formed by Neoregelia concentrica var. plutonis
Phytotelma of the wild teasel
Lyriothemis tricolor is a species of dragonfly that breeds in phytotelmata