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 Protonemura bacurianica Zhiltzova, 1957 Material examined. 3 Ô, 3 ♀ , 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. Body colour ranges from light brown to brown ( Figure 3a ). The inner lobe of the paraproct is much longer than the middle lobe ( Figure 3b ). The species is widespread in West Asia ( Mohammadian 2008 ; Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 2009 ; Darilmaz, Salur, Murányi, and Vinçon 2016 , Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023; Murányi, Manko, Kováks, Vinçon, & Žiak 2023). It emerges during late spring and summer from streams 900 to 1200 m asl (Cherchesova, Shapovalov, Mamaev, & Palatov 2023; Murányi, Manko, Kováks, Vinçon, & Žiak 2023).