Four-spotted Pennant
Brachymesia gravida (Calvert, 1890)
Four-spotted Pennant: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/713
Synonyms
Tags
S3S4

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145 Records

Status

Four-spotted Pennant (Brachymesia gravida) is a skimmer with a wide range across the south, with an extension up the Atlantic coastal plain. This species breeds in open ponds or lakes, and is characteristic of habitats with low total diversity in Odonata. The species appears to tolerate alkaline water conditions, and also slightly brackish water (Paulson, 2011). This species is distributed along the coastal plain of Maryland, on both the eastern and western shores. It ranges from uncommon to common within its habitat preference (Richard Orr's The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Maryland and the District of Columbia). It is ranked as S3 (watch list).

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Brachymesia gravida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Family: Libellulidae
Genus: Brachymesia
Species:
B. gravida
Binomial name
Brachymesia gravida
(Calvert, 1890)

Brachymesia gravida, the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Brachymesia gravida is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017.[1][5][6]

Four-spotted pennant, Brachymesia gravida

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Brachymesia gravida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Brachymesia gravida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ "Odonata Central". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "World Odonata List". Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound. 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Kalkman, V. J. (2013). Studies on phylogeny and biogeography of damselflies (Odonata) with emphasis on the Argiolestidae (PhD). Leiden University. hdl:1887/22953.
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