Mecistogaster ornata
{{Short description|Species of damselfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Lemon-tipped helicopter (Mecistogaster ornata) female Honduras.jpg
| image_caption = Female, Honduras
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Mecistogaster
| species = ornata
| authority = Rambur, 1842
}}
Mecistogaster ornata, the lemon-tipped helicopter, or ornate helicopter, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and South America.
The IUCN conservation status of Mecistogaster ornata is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2009.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Mecistogaster ornata:
- Mecistogaster ornata acutipennis Selys, 1886
- Mecistogaster ornata ornata Rambur, 1842
References
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{{Cite web| title=Mecistogaster ornata Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=592170
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2020-01-25
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{{Cite web| title=Mecistogaster ornata
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1421918
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2020-01-25
}}
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-07-02
| title = Odonata Central
| url = https://www.odonatacentral.org/
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{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-07-02
| title = World Odonata List
| date = 2018
| publisher = Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound
| url = https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/dragonflies/world-odonata-list/
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite thesis
| title = Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae
| date = 2013
| last1 = Kalkman | first1 = V. J.
| publisher = Leiden University
| hdl=1887/22953
| hdl-access=free
| type=PhD
}}
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Category:Insects described in 1842
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