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Issue: Vol. 5653 No. 2: 26 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.3
Page range: 211-228
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Description of the larvae and exuviae of Thecagaster charpentieri (Kolenati, 1846) and Thecagaster brevistigma (Selys, 1854) with a re-description of the exuviae of Thecagaster coronata (Morton, 1916) (Odonata: Cordulegastridae)

Birkenweg 6d; 15306 Libbenichen; Germany
Leningradweg 14; 9752 TP Groningen; The Netherlands
Billerbecker Str. 6; 48329 Havixbeck; Germany
Institute of Zoology of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan; passage 1128; district 504; Baku AZ1004; Western Caspian University; Istiglaliyyat str.; 31; Baku AZ1001; Azerbaijan
Gymnasialstr. 30; 66557 Illingen; Germany
Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76; 14109 Berlin-Wannsee; Germany; Ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; 10115 Berlin; Germany
Odonata Thecagaster bidentata group Azerbaijan Georgia Pakistan Iran Seidenbusch dragonflies

Abstract

The larvae and exuviae of Thecagaster charpentieri (Kolenati, 1846) are described and depicted. Larval stages collected in Georgia was the basis for the additional description of an early larval stage of this species. A leg of the larvae was used for molecular genetic verification. Further exuviae of T. charpentieri were collected in Azerbaijan. Morphological comparisons were conducted between the exuviae of T. charpentieri and those of the larvae and exuviae described so far of the “bidentata group” now assembled together in the restored genus Thecagaster Selys, 1854. The exuviae of T. coronata (Morton, 1916) was re-described taking into account an earlier description by Seidenbusch et al. (2015). In addition, the exuvia of the closely related T. brevistigma (Selys, 1854) is described and compared to T. coronata.

 

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How to Cite

Müller, O., Brochard, C., Ikemeyer, D., Snegovaya, N., Lemke, M. & Schneider, T. (2025) Description of the larvae and exuviae of Thecagaster charpentieri (Kolenati, 1846) and Thecagaster brevistigma (Selys, 1854) with a re-description of the exuviae of Thecagaster coronata (Morton, 1916) (Odonata: Cordulegastridae). Zootaxa, 5653 (2), 211–228. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.2.3