Pontoperla cf. teberdinica ( Balinsky, 1950 )

Khudhur, Farhad A., 2023, The first record of the order Plecoptera (Insecta) from Iraq, Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 424-428 : 426

Pontoperla cf. teberdinica ( Balinsky, 1950)

Material examined. 2 Ô, 1 ♀, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Choman , 2.5 km North Nawanda Village, 36°41’40.92’’N, 44°53’28.68’’E, Alt. 1935 m a.s.l. 17.V.2022, leg. Farhad A. Khudhur. Remarks. The male has dark markings on the pronotum, meso- and metathorax, and on the abdominal terga ( Fig. 2a ). The size of the male is 6–7 mm. A partially extruded aedeagus is seen in one of the male specimens ( Figure 2b ). The species is distributed in Greater Caucasus (Teberda), Lesser Caucasus (Bakuriani), north-western Turkey, and Iran. It appears in May–July, from elevations ranging around 1800 m ( Mohammadian 2008; Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2009; Darilmaz, Salur, Murányi, & Vinçon 2016, Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023).

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FIGURE 2. Pontoperla cf. teberdinica (Balinsky, 1950): (a) male dorsal view; (b) male ventral view of abdomen.