Brachymesia

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Brachymesia
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Brachymesia herbida, tawny pennant, Texas
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Red-tailed pennant (Brachymesia furcata) male Tobago.JPG Red-tailed pennant (Brachymesia furcata) female.JPG 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
Four-spotted Pennant - Brachymesia gravida, Leu Garden, Orlando, Florida - 6036161245.jpg Four-spotted Pennant, immature female. Brachymesia gravida (37257011254).jpg Brachymesia gravida (Calvert, 1890)four-spotted pennant [4] North America.
Brachymesia herbida 14745447.jpg Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889)tawny pennant [5] the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. (2023). "World Odonata List". OdonataCentral, University of Alabama . Retrieved 14 Mar 2023.
  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.