Megaloprepus
| Megaloprepus | |
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| Megaloprepus diaboli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Coenagrionidae |
| Genus: | Megaloprepus Rambur, 1842 |
Megaloprepus is a genus of large Neotropical damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae,[1] commonly known as helicopter damsels. There are four species distributed from Mexico to Ecuador and Peru.[2]
Species include:
- Megaloprepus brevistigma Selys, 1860
- Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782)
- Megaloprepus diaboli Feindt & Hadrys, 2022
- Megaloprepus latipennis Selys, 1860
References
- ^ "Megaloprepus Rambur, 1842". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Feindt, W., & Hadrys, H. (2022). The damselfly genus Megaloprepus (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae): Revalidation and delimitation of species-level taxa including the description of one new species. Zootaxa, 5115(4): 487-510.