Brachymesia

Brachymesia
Brachymesia herbida, tawny pennant, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Odonata
Infraorder:	Anisoptera
Family:	Libellulidae
Genus:	Brachymesia Kirby, 1889

Brachymesia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as tropical pennants. ^[1]

One species, B. gravida is confined to the United States. The others occur over much of South America, the West Indies and southern USA states.

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^{[2] [3]}

Male	Female	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
		Brachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861)	red-tailed pennant [1]	Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
		Brachymesia gravida (Calvert, 1890)	four-spotted pennant [4]	North America.
		Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889)	tawny pennant [5]	the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

References

1. Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-12281-6.
2. Paulson, D.; Schorr, M.; Abbott, J.; Bota-Sierra, C.; Deliry, C.; Dijkstra, K.-D.; Lozano, F. "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral. University of Alabama.
3. Brachymesia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
4. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Brachymesia gravida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T164949A80682195. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164949A80682195.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
5. Paulson, D.R. (2017). "Brachymesia herbida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T164954A80683963. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T164954A80683963.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.