Microstigma rotundatum, the helicopter damselfly, is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Coenagrionidae.
Description These damselflies have a long, thin body and large wings with a dense venation. The apex of the forewings has large yellow flecks and the pseudostigma shows many cells.Charles W. Heckman Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - ZygopteraDavid L. Pearson, Les Beletsky Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands
Biology 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).Diomedes Quintero, Annette Aiello Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica
Distribution and habitat This species is present in South America (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Amazonas). It lives in tropical primary lowland forests.
Bibliography de Selys Longchamps, E. (1860) Synopsis des Agrionines. Première légion: Pseudostigma., Bulletin Academie royale Belgique Serie 2 10 (6): 9-27. Odonata: Catalogue of the Odonata of the World. Tol J. van.
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