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Brachymesia

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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]

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

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.