Coenagrion persicum Lohmann, 1983

Kosterin, Oleg E., Onishko, Vladimir V., Ilyina, Elena V., Chepurnov, Grigory Yu. & Blinov, Alexander G., 2024, The genus Coenagrion Kirby, 1890 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in the Russian part of the Caucasus, Zootaxa 5471 (2), pp. 151-190 : 157

Coenagrion persicum Lohmann, 1983 (see Kosterin & Ahmadi 2018):

♂, Iran, Markazi Ostan, Tafresh Shakhrestan, Tafresh City env., Shilanevar valley , the lower pond, 34.6608–6654° N 50.0323–0402° E, 2036–2077 m a.s.l., 29.05.2017 ; ♀ (‘dark’ morph), Iran, Markazi Ostan, Arak Shakhtrestan , Lake Kavir-e Meighan S bank, a rush swamp, 34.1530–1536° N 49.8112–8131° E, 1657–1659 m a.s.l., 30.05.2017 ; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (3 ‘blue morph’, 1 ‘dark morph’) ( Fig. 7j ), Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, the Garehchay River at Gavigodar village , 34.1078 –34.1111° N 49.3627– 49.3657° E, 1803–1805 m a.s.l., 19.05.2017 ; ♂, ♀ (‘dark morph), Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Bolagh spring, 33.9875–9880° N 49.3606 – 49.3618° E, 1853– 1861 m a.s.l., 20.05.2017 ; ♂, Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Astaneh Town env., Kaedan Chashmah spring, 33.9175 –33.9177° N 49.3430– 49.3434° E, 2158 m a.s.l., 20.05.2017 ; ♂ ( Figs 2n , 3n , 4l , 5a ), Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Emarat village env., a spring and swampy reservoir, 33.8637–8667° N 49.5775–5795° E, 1995–2001 m a.s.l., 20.05.2017 ; ♂, Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, the Hendudar River , 1.8 km SW of Hendudar village, 33.7628 –33.7665° N 49.2178– 49.2198° E, 1993–1997 m a.s.l., 20.05.2017 ; 2 ♂♂, ♀ (‘blue morph’, Iran, Lorestan Ostan, Borujerd Shakhrestan, Goldargilan village, 33.9611 –33.9654° N 48.7501– 48.7555° E, 1745–1781 m a.s.l., 25.05.2017; ♂, ♀)’dark morph’), Iran, Lorestan Ostan, Borujerd Shakhrestan, Hayan village env., Gavimir Chashmah sipring, 33.7908 –33.7920° N 48.9398– 48.9402° E, 1816–1829 m a.s.l., 25.05.2017 (O. Kosterin leg.) .

Charlotte Hartong, the Curator of Odonata collection in Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden (further on RMNH), kindly provided photographs of the male appendages of C. syriacum .

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FIGURE 2. Male appendages of Coenagrion spp. of the puella-group in the broad sense, from the Caucasus and elsewhere, in dorsal view: a–c—C. australocaspicum (b—with the appendages expanded); d-k—C. puella; l–m—C. ponticum (males with a more (c) and less (d) expanded black abdominal maculation); n—C. persicum; o–p—C. pulchellum; a–b—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, 2 km NW of Primorskiy village, a swampy estuary of a forest rivulet, 24.06.2021; c—Russia, Dagestan, Kumtorkala District, the Shura-Ozen’ River at Kumtorkala Station, next to Sarykum Barkhan, 3.05.2021; d—Georgia, Dzau District, 4 km NNE Kvaisa, Lake Koz (Kvedi), 28−30.06.2021; e–f—Russia, Dagestan, Rutul District; the Samur River left arm between Kufa and Kala villages, 26.06.2021; g–h—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, Bil’-Bil’ Kazmalyar village, 25.06.2021; i—Russia, Dagestan, Buynaksk District, Buynaksk S environs, Nizhnee Kazanishche village environs, a water reservoir, 2020; j—Russia, Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, 10 km WSW of Arkhyz, Lunnaya Polyana terrain, pools in the Dukka River valley left side, 2.07.2019; k—Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Zinachurinskiy District, a small roadside oxbow lake 0.7 km E of Verkhniy Sarabil’ village, 5.07.2021; l–m— Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Goryachiy Klyuch Municipality, Fanagoriyskoe village NW environs, ponds, 27.04.2019; n—Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Emarat village env., a spring and swampy reservoir, 20.05.2017; o—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N suburbs, pools between dunes at the Krivaya Balka River left bank in its lowermost reaches, 23.05.2023; p—Russia, N Caucasus, Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, Dausuz village W environs, S banks of a reservoir at the Bolzhoy Zelenchuk River, 1012 m a.s.l.; q—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N env., Muraveynik Protected Area at the Sulak River mouth, pools among coastal dunes, 1.06.2021. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 4. Male appendages of Coenagrion spp. of the puella-group in the broad sense in posterior view: a–b—C. australocaspicum (b—with the appendages expanded); c–d—C. ponticum (males with a more (c) and less (d) expanded black abdominal maculation); e-f—C. pulchellum; g–k—C. puella; l—C. persicum; a–b—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, 2 km NW of Primorskiy village, a swampy estuary of a forest rivulet, 24.06.2021; c–d—Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Goryachiy Klyuch Municipality, Fanagoriyskoe village NW environs, ponds, 27.04.2019; e—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N suburbs, pools between dunes at the Krivaya Balka River left bank in its lowermost reaches, 23.05.2023; f—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N env., Muraveynik Protected Area at the Sulak River mouth, pools among coastal dunes, 1.06.2021; g–h—Russia, Dagestan, Rutul District; the Samur River left arm between Kufa and Kala villages, 26.06.2021; i—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, Bil’-Bil’ Kazmalyar village, a brook and pond, 25.06.2021; j—Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, 10 km WSW of Arkhyz, Lunnaya Polyana terrain, pools in the Dukka River valley left side, 2.07.2019; k—Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Zinachurinskiy District, a small roadside oxbow lake 0.7 km E of Verkhniy Sarabil’ village, 5.07.2021; l—Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Emarat village env., a spring and swampy reservoir, 20.05.2017. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 5. Male pronotum of Coenagrion spp. of the puella-group in the broad sense in dorsal view: a—C. persicum; b–c—C. pulchellum; d–e—C. ponticum (males with a more (d) and less (e) expanded black abdominal maculation); f—C. australocaspicum; g–l—C. puella; a—Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Emarat village env., a spring and swampy reservoir, 20.05.2017; b—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N env., Muraveynik Protected Area at the Sulak River mouth, pools among coastal dunes, 1.06.2021; c—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N suburbs, pools between dunes at the Krivaya Balka River left bank in its lowermost reaches, 23.05.2023; d–e—Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Goryachiy Klyuch Municipality, Fanagoriyskoe village NW environs, ponds, 27.04.2019; f—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, 2 km NW of Primorskiy village, a swampy estuary of a forest rivulet, 24.06.2021; g —Georgia, Dzau District, 4 km NNE Kvaisa, Lake Koz (Kvedi), 28−30.06.2021; h–i—Rutul District, the Samur River left arm between Kufa and Kala villages, 26.06.2021; j—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, Bil’-Bil’ Kazmalyar village, 25.06.2021; k—Russia, Dagestan, Buynaksk District, Buynaksk S environs, Nizhnee Kazanishche village environs, a water reservoir, 2020; l—Russia, Karachay- Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, 10 km WSW of Arkhyz, Lunnaya Polyana terrain, pools in the Dukka River valley left side, 2.07.2019. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 7. Female pronotum of Coenagrion spp. of the puella-group in the broad sense, a–h—in dorsal, with respect to the body main axis (above), and anteriodorsal, perpendicular to the posterior lobe surface (below), views; i–j—in dorsal view only; a—C. australocaspicum; b–g—C. puella; h—C. ponticum; i—C. persicum; j—C. pulchellum; a—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, 2 km NW of Primorskiy village, a swampy estuary of a forest rivulet, 24.06.2021; b—Georgia, Dzau District, 4 km NNE Kvaisa, Lake Koz (Kvedi), 28−30.06.2021; c—Sergokala District, 3 km SW of Myurego village, the Inchkheozen’ River upper valley, 19.06.2021; d–f—Russia, Dagestan, Rutul District; the Samur River left arm between Kufa and Kala villages, 26.06.2021; g—Russia, Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, 10 km WSW of Arkhyz, Lunnaya Polyana terrain, pools in the Dukka River valley left side, 2.07.2019; h—Russia, Chelyabinsk Province, Nagaybakskiy District, small oxbow lakes at the Gumbeyka River left bank at Ostrolenskiy Settlement SE margin, 6.07.2021; i—Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Goryachiy Klyuch Municipality, Fanagoriyskoe village NW environs, ponds, 27.04.2019; j—Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, the Garehchay River at Gavigodar village, 34.1078-1111° N 49.3627-3657° E, 1803–1805 m a.s.l., 19.05.2017; k—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N env., Muraveynik Protected Area at the Sulak River mouth, pools among coastal dunes, 1.06.2021. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

FIGURE3. Maleappendages of Coenagrion spp.ofthe puella-groupin thebroadsense inlateral view:a–c—C.australocaspicum (b—with the appendages expanded); d–k—C. puella; l–m—C. ponticum (males with a more (c) and less (d) expanded black abdominal maculation); n—C. persicum; o–q—C. pulchellum; a–b—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, 2 km NW of Primorskiy village, a swampy estuary of a forest rivulet, 24.06.2021; c—Russia, Dagestan, Kumtorkala District, the Shura-Ozen’ River at Kumtorkala Station, next to Sarykum Barkhan, 3.05.2021; d —Georgia, Dzau District, 4 km NNE Kvaisa, Lake Koz (Kvedi), 28−30.06.2021; e–f—Russia, Dagestan, Rutul District; the Samur River left arm between Kufa and Kala villages, 26.06.2021; g–h—Russia, Dagestan, Magaramkent District, Samur Delta Forest, Bil’-Bil’ Kazmalyar village, 25.06.2021; i—Russia, Dagestan, Buynaksk District, Buynaksk S environs, Nizhnee Kazanishche village environs, a water reservoir, 2020; k—Russia, Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, 10 km WSW of Arkhyz, Lunnaya Polyana terrain, pools in the Dukka River valley left side, 2.07.2019; k—Russia, Republic of Bashkortostan, Zinachurinskiy District, a small roadside oxbow lake 0.7 km E of Verkhniy Sarabil’ village, 5.07.2021; l–m—Russia, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Goryachiy Klyuch Municipality, Fanagoriyskoe village NW environs, ponds, 27.04.2019; n—Iran, Markazi Ostan, Shazand Shakhrestan, Emarat village env., a spring and swampy reservoir, 20.05.2017; o—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N suburbs, pools between dunes at the Krivaya Balka River left bank in its lowermost reaches, 23.05.2023; p—Russia, N Caucasus, Karachay-Cherkes Republic, Zelenchuk District, Dausuz village W environs, S banks of a reservoir at the Bolzhoy Zelenchuk River, 1012 m a.s.l.; q—Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala N env., Muraveynik Protected Area at the Sulak River mouth, pools among coastal dunes, 1.06.2021. Scale bar 0.5 mm.