Published November 17, 2023 | Version v1
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Protonemura bacurianica Zhiltzova 1957

  • 1. Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Mendel, Brno, Czechia & Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq farhad. khudhur @ univsul. edu. iq; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5267 - 6334

Description

Protonemura bacurianica Zhiltzova, 1957

Material examined. 3 Ô, 3 ♀, 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.

Body colour ranges from light brown to brown (Figure 3a). The inner lobe of the paraproct is much longer than the middle lobe (Figure 3b). The species is widespread in West Asia (Mohammadian 2008; Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2009; Darilmaz, Salur, Murányi, and Vinçon 2016, Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023; Murányi, Manko, Kováks, Vinçon, & Žiak 2023). It emerges during late spring and summer from streams 900 to 1200 m asl (Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023; Murányi, Manko, Kováks, Vinçon, & Žiak 2023).

Notes

Published as part of Khudhur, Farhad A., 2023, The first record of the order Plecoptera (Insecta) from Iraq, pp. 424-428 in Zootaxa 5374 (3) on page 427, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10150766

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2022-05-17
Family
Nemouridae
Genus
Protonemura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Plecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zhiltzova
Species
bacurianica
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2022-05-17
Taxonomic concept label
Protonemura bacurianica Zhiltzova, 1957 sec. Khudhur, 2023

References

  • Zhiltzova, L. A. (1957) Contribution to the study of the Plecoptera of the Caucasus. New species of the family Nemouridae in the fauna of the Plecoptera of the Trialetzky Mountains. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 36, 659 - 670.
  • Mohammadian, H. H. (2008) Aquatic Insects of Iran. Vol. 2. Plecoptera. Shabpare Publication, Tehran, 184 pp.
  • Teslenko, V. A. & Zhiltzova, L. A. (2009) Key to thi stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Russia and adjacent countries, Imagines and nymphs. Institute of Biology and Soil Science Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 382 pp. [ISBN 978 - 5 - 8044 - 1017 - 0]
  • Darilmaz, M. C., Salur, A., Muranyi, D. & Vincon, G. (2016) Contribution to the knowledge of Turkish stoneflies with annotated catalogue (Insecta: Plecoptera). Zootaxa, 4074 (1), 1 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4074.1.1