Thecagaster charpentieri iranica ssp. nov. - description of the exuviae and the imagines (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) Author Schneider, Thomas Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany & Ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany Author Müller, Ole Birkenweg 6 d, 15306 Libbenichen, Germany Author Ikemeyer, Dietmar Billerbecker Str. 6, 48329 Havixbeck, Germany Author Vierstraete, Andy Department of Biology, University of Gent, 9000 Gent, Belgium Author Schneider, Elias Arnold-Knoblauch-Ring 76, 14109 Berlin-Wannsee, Germany text Zootaxa 2026 2026-01-07 5741 3 495 518 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.4 1175-5326 19165335 5C0EB71C-5D31-45DD-8294-045F76F636DD

TABLE 1. Biometric data of Thecagaster c. iranica compared to Thecagaster c. charpentieri.

T. c. iranica total length, mm	abdomen length, mm	hindwing length, mm
Fãrs, 1 male, holotype 82.8	62.2	52.1
Fãrs, 8 males 79–83 Fãrs, 3 females 84–88	60–63 63–67	47–50 51–57
Kermãn, 4 males 81–85	62–65	49–55
T. c. charpentieri (Iran: Provinces: Lorestãn (3 males), Esfahãn (3 males) Turkey: Provinces: Bitlis (7 males), Erzurum (1 male), Ağri (4 males,1 female), Kars (4 males) Azerbaijan: Agdere (1 male, 1 female), Balakan (1 male, 1 female)
Russia: Miurego (Mюpero), Dagestan Sergokala District (4 males,1 female)
28 males this study 65–72	48–53	39–45
4 females this study 65–73	49–52	40–46