First record of Odonata nymphs from Karun River, south-west Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 11، دوره 10، شماره 2، اسفند 2014، صفحه 205-208   

نوع مقاله: Short Communications

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v10i2.36694

نویسندگان

Mehdi Esfandiari^{* 1}؛ Saber Sadeghi²؛ Amir Khadempour¹

¹Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

²Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

Odonata fauna is poorly known in Iran and most of the previous studies deal with northern parts of the country, studying adult specimens. We sampled Karun River for aquatic insects in the city of Ahvaz in south-west of Iran during 2009–2011. As a result, 40 nymphs of one damselfly species and four dragonfly species of the order Odonata comprising five genera from four families were recorded. All of the species is newly reported from Khuzestan province. Species list with their distribution data in Iran and the material examined are presented.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Odonata؛ Zygoptera؛ Anisoptera؛ faunistics؛ Khuzestan province