Brachymesia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as tropical pennants.[1]
| Brachymesia | |
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| Brachymesia herbida, tawny pennant, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Brachymesia Kirby, 1889 |
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 edit
The genus contains the following species:[2][3]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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 |
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Brachymesia gravida (Calvert, 1890) | four-spotted pennant[4] | North America. |
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Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889) | tawny pennant[5] | the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. |
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Brachymesia.
- ^ a b Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brachymesia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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