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Red-tailed Pennant
Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Dragonflies & damselflies

Red-tailed Pennant

Brachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishRed-tailed Pennant
DutchRoodbulttrensjager
SpanishRayadora de cola roja
Chinese红尾短胸蜻
Scientific nameBrachymesia furcata (Hagen, 1861)

About this species

Brachymesia furcata, commonly known as the red-tailed pennant, is part of the dragonfly order Odonata. It is a species of skimmer belonging to Libellulidae, one of the largest dragonfly families in the world. Along with Brachymesia gravida and B. herbida, two closely related species within the same genus, B. furcata is often found in semi-aquatic habitats distributed throughout the Caribbean, the Americas, Argentina, West India, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Current populations of B. furcata are stable. The IUCN conservation status of B. furcata designates the species as "least concern" as last reviewed in 2017.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyLibellulidae
GenusBrachymesia

In Suriname

39Records in Suriname
6iNaturalist observations
1950First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne3
  • Brokopondo2
  • Nickerie2
  • Paramaribo1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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