Brachymesia

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

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

The genus contains the following species:[2][3]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
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. Dennis Paulson; Martin Schorr; Cyrille Deliry. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022.
  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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