The first record of the order Plecoptera (Insecta) from Iraq Author Khudhur, Farhad A. 0000-0001-5267-6334 Department of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, University of Mendel, Brno, Czechia & Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq farhad. khudhur @ univsul. edu. iq; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5267 - 6334 farhad.khudhur@univsul.edu.iq text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-17 5374 3 424 428 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5374.3.6/52297 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.6 1175-5326 10150766 FF9F2E5E-0FE9-4973-A0E0-111152ACA511 Pontoperla cf. teberdinica ( Balinsky, 1950 ) Material examined. 2 Ô, 1 ♀ , Iraq , Kurdistan Region , Erbil , Choman , 2.5 km North Nawanda Village , 36°41’40.92’’N , 44°53’28.68’’E , Alt. 1935 m a.s.l. 17.V.2022 , leg. Farhad A. Khudhur. Remarks. The male has dark markings on the pronotum, meso- and metathorax, and on the abdominal terga ( Fig. 2a ). The size of the male is 6–7 mm . A partially extruded aedeagus is seen in one of the male specimens ( Figure 2b ). The species is distributed in Greater Caucasus (Teberda), Lesser Caucasus (Bakuriani), north-western Turkey , and Iran . It appears in May–July, from elevations ranging around 1800 m ( Mohammadian 2008 ; Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2009 ; Darilmaz, Salur, Murányi, & Vinçon 2016, Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023).