Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-19
Page range: 455–466
Abstract views: 149
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of last instar larva of Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider, 1984 and new aspects on distribution and habitats in Iran (Odonata: Gomphinae)

Arnold–Knoblauch–Ring 76, 14109 Berlin–Wannsee, Germany
Arnold–Knoblauch–Ring 76, 14109 Berlin–Wannsee, Germany
Billerbecker Str. 6, 48329 Havixbeck, Germany.
Klenze Straße 5, D–92237 Sulzbach–Rosenberg, Germany.
Birkenweg 6d, 15306 Libbenichen, Germany.
Odonata Southwest Iran Marun River Zoreh River Dalaki River Alwand River Abi Zinkan River Iranian Gomphus species Gomphus schneiderii Gomphus davidi distribution map flight period

Abstract

Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider, 1984, was described on the basis of a single teneral male captured by B. L. Sage on the Alwand River in eastern Iraq. A detailed redescription of the male and description of the female were published recently. However, the larva of the species has remained unknown so far. In late April 2017 two of the authors (ES & TS) discovered freshly emerged G. kinzelbachi, some of them still on their exuviae, on the upper part of the Zoreh River in southwest Iran (Khuzestãn). Larvae ready to emerge were observed leaving the water and climbing reed stalks. The development from last instar larvae to freshly emerged G. kinzelbachi was observed, some until maiden flight. Five exuviae and two freshly emerged males were collected for further identification and description. Male and female exuviae of G. kinzelbachi are described and compared with exuviae of Gomphus schneiderii Selys, 1850, from Mazandarãn province in Iran. Furthermore, a key is provided to determine the exuviae of four Iranian species belonging to the subfamily Gomphinae: Gomphus kinzelbachi, G. schneiderii, Stylurus ubadschii (Schmidt, 1953), and Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenev, 1913. In addition, the eastern Mediterranean Gomphus davidi Selys, 1887, is included in the comparison, because it seems to be the sister species of G. kinzelbachi. During the trips to Iran in 2017 eight new populations of G. kinzelbachi on different stretches of the river systems of Marun, Zoreh, Dalaki, Alwand, and Abi Zinkan were detected, enlarging the known range and habitat requirements significantly. The flight period of G. kinzelbachi in Iran is also discussed.

 

References

  1. Boudot, J.-P., Kalkman, V.J., Amorin, M.A., Bogdanovic, T., Rivera, A.C., Degabriele, C., Dommanget, J.–L., Ferreira, S., Garrigos, B., Jovic, M., Kotarac, M., Lopau, W., Marinov, M., Mihokovic, N., Riservato, E., Samraoui, B. & Schneider, W. (2009) Atlas of the Odonata of the Mediterranean and North Africa. Libellula Supplement, 9, 1–256.

    Boudot, J.-P. & Kalkman, V.J. (2014) Chapter 5. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). In: Smith, K.G., Barrios, V., Darwall, W.R.T. & Numa, C. (Eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean. IUCN, Cambridge, pp. 55–67.

    Borisov, S.N. (2008) The Larve of Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenef, 1913 (Odonata, Gomphidae). Euroasian Entomological Journal, 7 (4), 307–310.

    IUCN (2016) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2015.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/ (accessed 18 July 2017)

    Kalkman, V.J. (2006) Gomphus kinzelbachi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006:e.T59719A11997702.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T59719A11997702.en

    Kalkman, V.J., van Pelt, G.J., Dumont, H.J., Yu Haritov, A. & Tailly, M. (2004) Critical species of Odonata in Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus. International Journal of Odonatology, 7, 325–339.

    Lohmann, H. (1992) Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider in Iran (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Notulae odonatologicae, 3, 169–169.

    Martin, R. (1912) Les odonates. In: de Morgan, J. (editor), Annales d´ Histoire Naturelle, Delegation en Perse, Tome III Entomologie, Ernest Leroux, Paris, 2, pp. 5–9.

    Morton, K.J. (1919) Odonata from Mesopotamia. Entomologists’s Monthly Magazine, 55, 143–151; 183–196.

    Sage, B.L. (1960) Notes on the Odonata of Iraq. Entomologist, 93, 118–125.

    Sadeghi, S. & Mohammadalizadeh, J. (2009) Additions to the Odonata fauna of Iran. Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, Transaction A, 33, 355–359.

    Schmidt, E. (1954) Die Libellen Irans. Sitzungsberichte der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Kl. 1, 163, 223–260.

    Schneider, T., Ikemeyer, D., Ferreira, S. & Müller, O. (2017) Gomphus kinzelbachi Schneider, 1984 in Iran: identification, habitat and behaviour (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa, 4216 (6), 572–584.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4216.6.4.

    Schneider, W. (1983) The larva of Gomphus davidi Selys, 1887, Hydrobiologia, 98, 245–248.

    Schneider, W. (1984) Beschreibung von Gomphus kinzelbachi n. sp. aus dem Iraq (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae), Entomologische Zeitschrift, 94, 1–16.

    Seidenbusch, R. (1995) Comparison of last instar larvae of Stylurus flavipes flavipes Charpentier, 1825, Stylurus flavipes lineatus Bartenef, 1929, Anormogomphus kiritchenkoi Bartenef, 1913, Gomphus davidi Selys 1889, Sulzbach–Rosenberger Libellenbrief, Ausgabe II, 1–8.

    Seidenbusch, R. (2001) Comparison: Gomphus schneideri Selys 1850, Gomphus davidi Selys 1887, Stylurus flavipes lineatus Bartenef 1929. Sulzbach–Rosenberger Libellenbrief, Ausgabe XII, V. 2 .Redescriptions/Notice, pp. 43–45.

    Smith, K.G., Barrios, V., Darwall, W.R.T. & Numa, C. (Eds.) (2014) The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cambridge, UK, Malaga, Spain and Gland, Switzerland, IUCN. xiv+132 pp.