Pseudostigmatidae

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Pseudostigmatidae (damselflies; order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera) Family of damselflies whose members have very slender, elongated abdomens, and are the largest extant odonates. The larvae inhabit a variety of habitats, including water-filled holes in rotting logs and branches of trees. The tracheal gills are often foliaceous. The family occurs in tropical rain forests, and 35 extant species have been described.

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