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Mecistogaster ornata
Female, Honduras
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Suborder:	Zygoptera
Family:	Coenagrionidae
Genus:	Mecistogaster
Species:	M. ornata
Binomial name
Mecistogaster ornata 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

1. ^ von Ellenrieder, N. (2009). "Mecistogaster ornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158808A5276319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158808A5276319.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Mecistogaster ornata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. "Mecistogaster ornata". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.

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