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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 |
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.
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. |
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 |
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.
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. |