Brachymesia

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Brachymesia
Brachymesia herbida 4591812.jpg
B. herbida, Tawny pennant, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
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
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.



References[]

  1. ^ a b Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-12281-6.
  2. ^ Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
  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.


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