Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845

Hacet, Nurten, Online, Published & Version, Final, 2017, Updated checklist of Odonata fauna in the Turkish Thrace Region, with additional records of new, rare, and threatened taxa, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (1), pp. 33-42 : 38

(9) Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845

Material examined: Loc.1: 08.07.2013, 1♂; 10.07.2014, 1 ♂, a brook near the barrage lake.

Currently, C. insignis is known to occur in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Turkish Thrace in Europe (Kalkman, 2006; Boudot et al., 2009). The IUCN threat status for this species in Europe is endangered ( Kalkman et al., 2010). The present study reported this species from a new location near the border of Bulgaria and Turkey. Two male specimens have features of the nominate subspecies with blue eyes, a black band on the frons, and yellow spots on the anterior part of abdominal segment 9, which were also observed on the other male specimens recorded from the region ( Hacet and Aktaç, 2004).