Description of last instar larva of Cordulegaster kalkmani (Odonata: Cordulegastridae)

Description of last instar larva of Cordulegaster kalkmani (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) 00

Ole Müller^a✉️, Thomas Schneider^b✉️, Dietmar Ikemeyer^c✉️, Christophe Brochard^d✉️

Independent Researcher, Birkenweg 6d, 15306 Libbenichen, Germany
Independent Researcher, Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany
Independent Researcher, Billerbecker Str. 6, 48329 Havixbeck, Germany
Independent Researcher, Leningradweg 14, 9752 TP Groningen, The Netherlands

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 26, Pages 108-113, 2023

https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917208

Published: 4 September 2023 (Received: 11 April 2023, Accepted: 9 August 2023)

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Abstract

The final instar larva of Cordulegaster kalkmani Schneider, Vierstraete, Müller, van Pelt, Caspers, Ikemeyer, Snegovaya & Dumont 2021 is described and illustrated based on one female exuvia collected in Alakabük, Bitlis province, Turkey, in July 2022. The exuvia of Cordulegaster kalkmani is compared with the exuviae of members of the “boltonii-group” in the eastern part of the Western Palaearctic: C. vanbrinkae, C. picta, and C. heros. The exuvia of C. kalkmani shows no clear distinction in comparison to the other members of the eastern “boltonii-group”.

Keywords: Exuviae, habitat, Turkey

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