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

Ole Müllera, Thomas Schneiderb, Dietmar Ikemeyerc, Christophe Brochardd

  1. Independent Researcher, Birkenweg 6d, 15306 Libbenichen, Germany
  2. Independent Researcher, Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany
  3. Independent Researcher, Billerbecker Str. 6, 48329 Havixbeck, Germany
  4. 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)

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

Issue section: Original Article