Brachymesia
Brachymesia is a genus of dragonflies in the family Libellulidae. They are commonly known as tropical pennants.[1]
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| 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.
The genus contains the following species:[2][3]
- Brachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861) – red-tailed pennant[1]
- Brachymesia gravida (Calvert, 1890) – four-spotted pennant[4]
- Brachymesia herbida (Gundlach, 1889) – tawny pennant[5]
Gallery
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B. gravida, four-spotted pennant, Florida, United States_male_Tobago.JPG)
B. furcata, male red-tailed pennant, Tobago_female.JPG)
B. furcata, female red-tailed pennant, Grand Cayman
References
- Paulson, Dennis R. (2009). Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12281-4.
- Martin Schorr; Dennis Paulson. "World Odonata List". University of Puget Sound. Retrieved 12 Oct 2018.
- Brachymesia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
- Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Brachymesia gravida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Paulson, D. R. (2007). "Brachymesia herbida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2010.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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