Bull 571 Al-Saffar and Augul Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. (2021) 16 (4): 571- 621. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.4.0571 SURVEY OF INSECTS IN SOME SOUTHERN IRAQI MARSHES Hanaa H. Al-Saffar♦ and Razzaq Shalan Augul Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. ♦Corresponding author email: dr.hanaa66@nhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq Received Date: 13 Sept. 2021, Accepted Date: 28 Nov. 2021, Published Date: 20 December 2021 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ABSTRACT This study included a survey and review of the scientific names of the marsh insects (aquatic and surrounding it) for the purpose of unifying and updating the database. The survey reveals 109 species under 77 genera that belong to 32 families and 7 orders as follow: Coleoptera (44 species), Diptera (7 species) Ephemeroptera (2 species), Hemiptera (14 species), Hymenoptera (11 species), Lepidoptera (2 species) and Odonata with 29 species. Information of specimens' collection for each species, synonyms and geographical distribution were provided. Key words: Insects, Iraq, Marshes, Survey, Synonyms. INTRODUCTION The Iraqi marshlands cover an area of 15000-20000 sq. km in the lower part of the Mesopotamian basin where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow; that lie on a softly sloping plan which causes the two rivers to meander which branches form the marshes. The marshes lay on the heavy fluvial sediments that are carried by the rivers in the area (Al-Ansari et al., 2012). The marshes of Iraq are one of the largest water area and with completely ecosystem in the Middle East. They are situated at the southern part among Basra, Maysan and Thi Qar Provinces. The marshes consist of three main regions: Central Marshes, Hawizeh and Al- Hammar Marsh (Bedair et al., 2006). According to the previous field studies, the marshes including a wide range of diversity with their levels which appeared with high fluctuations; on the other hand, the marshes status was affected in high degree by high flood and drying seasons (Al-Hili, 1977; Richardson et al., 2005). In the marshes of southern Iraq, the pervious investigation is focused on the water quality, zooplankton and phytoplankton diversity, macro-invertebrates and birds; however, less attention was made toward micro-invertebrates, insects, and herpetofauna (Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment, 2017). https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.4.0571 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 572 Survey of insects From the other side, there were eleven water beetles species of the family Haliplidae collected from the Shatt Al Arab and marshes of southern Iraq (Ali, 1976); also lists 55 species of dytiscid water beetles (Family, Dytiscidae) and fifteen species of gyrinid beetles (Family, Gyrinidae) (Ali, 1978 a, b). As well, Twenty five dragonfly species are known to occur in the central and southern Iraqi Marshlands (Boudot et al., 2009). Hassan et al. (2000) reported Anax spp. and Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) from several stations along Shatt al-Arab; Ali et al. (2002) studied the seasonal abundances of I. evansi and Brachythemis fuscopalliata Selys, 1887 (Odonata, Libellulidae) in the Qarmat Ali region near Basrah. Dragonflies inhabiting rivers and marshes in arid regions such as southern Iraq, such as Hemianax ephippiger and Ischnura evansi are tolerant of high salinity (Corbet, 1999). Generally, the biodiversity in the re-inundated southern marshes of Iraq has attracted the attention of many authors; however, still little is known about certain biota the marshes such as fungi, invertebrates such as annelids and aquatic insects, and wild mammals. The biodiversity in the Iraqi marshes is considered low when it compared with other wetlands in the world (Hussain, 2014). Updating checklists in this ecosystem still out of date; therefore, the study aimed to prepare an updating checklist of the insect species that live in marshes or closely to this unique ecosystem. MATERIALS AND METHODS The specimens were collected from different localities Southern Marshes of Iraq from three provinces (Basra, Maysan and Thi Qar) by using air and water nets and sometimes with hands .The adult insects were killed by freezing for 24 hours while the larvae killed by alcohol 70%. The localities and date of collection were recorded. The specimens were classified and identified to orders, families, genera and species by using different classification keys such as: Coe et al. (1950); Cranston and Judd (1989); Askew (2004); Nieser (2004); Dijkstra and Lewington (2006); Kalkman, (2006); Madden (2010); Kumar (2012); Perveen et al. (2014); Al-Hashmi et al. (2018); Novoselsky et al. (2018) and Alhejoj et al. (2020). The diagnosis of insects by the authors and the specimens were deposed at the Department of Entomology and Invertebrates, Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum- University of Baghdad. The synonyms of species have been verified according to GBIF Secretariat (2021). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In this investigation showed 110 species at southern marshes belonging to seven orders: Coleoptera (45), Diptera (7), Ephemeroptera (2); Hemiptera (15); Hymenoptera (11); Lepidoptera (2) and Odonata with 29 species, as below: 573 Al-Saffar and Augul (A) Order, Coleoptera (1) Family, Dytiscidae Genus, Agabus Leach, 1817 Synonyms: Acathodes Seidlitz, 1887 Acatodes Thomson, 1859 Agabinectes Guignot, 1933 Allonychus Zaitzev, 1905 Apator Semenov, 1898 Arctodytes Thomson, 1874 Badynectus Seidlitz, 1872 Carrhydrus Fall, 1922 Dichodytes Thomson, 1886 Dichonectes Guignot, 1945 Eriglenus Thomson, 1860 Gabinectes Guignot, 1931 Gaurodytes Thomson, 1859 Heteronychus Seidlitz, 1887 Mesogabus Gueorguiev, 1969 Metronectes Sharp, 1882 Necticus Hope, 1838 Neonecticus Guignot, 1951 Scytodytes Seidlitz, 1887 Xanthodytes Seidlitz, 1887 Agabus biguttatus (Olivier, 1795) Synonym: Dytiscus biguttatus Olivier, 1795 Material examined: 7 specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul Karim, 1978); Jordon, Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Ramadan and Ramadan, 2021). Agabus caraboides Sharp, 1882 Material examined: 1 specimen; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Zimmermann, 1920); Turkey and Greece (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Agabus conspersus (Marsham, 1802) Synonyms: Agabus corsicus Guignot, 1932 Dytiscus conspersus Marsham, 1802 Material examined: 5 specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Zimmermann, 1920; Nilson, 2003); Jordon and Kuwait (Ramadan and Ramadan, 2021). 574 Survey of insects Agabus guttatus (Paykull, 1798) Synonym: Dytiscus guttatus Paykull, 1798 Material examined: 4 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009). Agabus paludosus (Fabricius, 1801) Synonym: Dytiscus paludosus Fabricius, 1801 Material examined: 3 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 30.vi.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009). Agabus safei Abdul-Karim & Ali, 1986 Material examined: 5 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim and Ali, 1986). Genus, Bidessus Sharp, 1882 Synonym: Callioprus Adam, 1996 Bidessus exorantus (Reich and Saulcy, 1855) Synonym: Hydroporus exorantus Reich and Saulcy, 1855 Material examined: 2 specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009). Genus, Colymbetes Clairville, 1806 Synonyms: Cymatopterus Dejean, 1833 Lymnaeus Gistel, 1834 Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonym: Dytiscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 Material examined: 1 specimen; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Liberian Peninsula (Garrido and Munilla, 2008); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Croatia (Turić et al., 2011); Iran (Taher and Heydarnejad, 2019). Colymbetes piceus Klug, 1834 Material examined: 3 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Derwesh, 1965); Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (Ramadan and Ramadan, 2021). Genus, Copelatus Erichson, 1832 Copelatus pulchellus (Klug, 1834) Synonym: Copelatus mimetes Guignot, 1957 575 Al-Saffar and Augul Material examined: 13 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); widespread to Western and Eastern Africa (Perissinotto et al., 2016). Genus, Cybister Curtis, 1827 Synonyms: Alocomerus Brinck, 1945 Cybisteter Bedel, 1880 Gschwendtnerhydrus Brinck, 1945 Megadytoides Brinck, 1945 Meganectes Brinck, 1945 Melanectes Brinck, 1945 Nealocomerus Brinck, 1945 Neocybister Miller, Bergsten & Whiting, 2007 Scaphinectes Ádám, 1993 Trochalus Dejean, 1833 Trogulus Brodie, 1874 Trogus Leach, 1817 Cybister tripunctatus (Olivier, 1795) Synonyms: Cybister szechwanensis Falkenström, 1936 Dytiscus tripunctatus Olivier, 1795 Material examined: 11 specimens; 3 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii. 2020; 8 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Rassoul,1976); Taiwan(Nilsson et al., 1995); Kuwait (Al- Houty, 2004); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); West Africa (Yapo et al., 2013). Genus, Eretes Laporte, 1833 Synonyms: Eunectes Erichson, 1832 Hogrus Zubkov, 1837 Nogrus Dejean, 1833 Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Synonyms: Dytiscus sticticus Linnaeus, 1767 Eretes occidentalis (Erichson, 1847) Eretes stricticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Material examined: 3 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Taiwan (Nilsson et al., 1995); Southern of United States and Peru (Miller, 2002); Iran, Pakistan (Hájek, 2006); Egypt (Younes, 2008); Kuwait (Al-Houty, 2009); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Algeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Tunisia, Sudan, Morocco, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Senegal, Mali, India, Korea, Guam, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Ecuador, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy and Australia (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). 576 Survey of insects Genus, Herophydrus Sharp, 1880 Synonym: Dryephorus Guignot, 1950 Herophydrus guineensis (Aubé, 1838) Synonyms: Herophydrus mutatus (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) Hygrotus guineensis (Aubé, 1838) Hyphydrus guineensis Aubé, 1838 Material examined: 4 specimens; 3 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020; 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014). Herophydrus musicus (Klug, 1834) Synonyms: Coelambus interruptus Sharp, 1882 Hydroporus fractilinea Solsky, 1874 Hydroporus musicus Klug, 1834 Hygrotus alei Abdul-Karim & Ali, 1986 Material examined: 5 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: In Iraq, previously recorded as Hygrotus alei (Abdul-Karim and Ali, 1986); Iran, Pakistan (Hájek, 2006); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Kuwait (Al-Houty, 2009); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014). Genus, Hydaticus Leach, 1817 Synonyms: Guignotites Brinck, 1943 Hydaticinus Guignot, 1950 Icmaleus Gistel, 1856 Isonotus Guignot, 1936 Pleurodytes Régimbart, 1899 Prodaticus Sharp, 1882 Hydaticus dorsiger Aubé, 1838 Material examined: 5 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Widely distributed species, (Guignot, 1961). Hydaticus ponticus Sharp, 1882 Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 30.iv.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Iran, Pakistan (Hájek, 2006); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009). Genus, Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1853 Synonym: Guignotus Houlbert, 1934 Hydroglyphus confusus (Klug, 1834) 577 Al-Saffar and Augul Synonym: Hydroporus confusus Klug, 1834 Material examined: 6 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 30.vi.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014); Croatia (Turić et al., 2017). Genus, Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 Synonym: Hydrotarsus Falkenström, 1938 Hydroporus tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819) Synonym: Dytiscus tessellatus Drapiez, 1819 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Liberian Peninsula (Garrido and Munilla, 2008); Turkey (Darilmaz and Kayak, 2009); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014). Genus, Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1853 Synonyms: Hydatonychus Kolbe, 1883 Oxynoptilus Schaum, 1868 Pseudhydrovatus Peschet, 1924 Vathydrus Guignot, 1954 Hydrovatus badeni Sharp, 1882 Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978). Hydrovatus clypealis Sharp, 1876 Synonym: Oxynoptilus clypealis (Sharp, 1876) Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014). Hydrovatus meridionalis Abdul-Karim & Ali, 1986 Material examined: 3 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim and Ali, 1986) Genus, Hygrotus Stephens, 1828 Synonyms: Drryephorus Guignot, 1950 Heroceras Guignot, 1950 Herophydrus Sharp, 188 Hyphoporus Sharp, 1880 Hygrotus sp. Material examined: 1 specimen, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009) 578 Survey of insects Genus, Hyphoporus Sharp, 1880 Hyphoporus solieri (Aubé, 1838) Synonym: Agabus solieri Aubé, 1837 Material examined: 7 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.viii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Egypt (Salah and Cueto, 2014); Kuwait (Amr, 2021) Genus, Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802 Synonyms: Actobaena Gistel, 1856 Allophydrus Zimmermann, 1930 Apriophorus Guignot, 1938 Aulacodytes Guignot, 1938 Hyphidrus Illiger, 1802 Hyphidrus Sturm, 1826 Pachytes Montrouzier, 1860 Hyphydrus aubei Ganglbauer, 1891 Material examined: 5 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Liberian Peninsula (Garrido and Munilla, 2008). Genus, Laccophilus Leach, 1815 Synonym: Lacophilus Sturm, 1826 Laccophilus hyalinus (De Geer, 1774) Synonyms: Dyticus marmoratus Fourcroy, 1785 Dytiscus hyalinus De Geer, 1774 Laccophilus interruptus (Panzer, 1795) Laccophilus testaceus Aubé, 1837 Material examined: 8 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Iran (Vafael et al., 2009); Kis- Balaton (Lőkkös, 2014); Croatia (Turić et al., 2017 ); Iran (Taher and Heydarnejad, 2019); Ireland (Nelson et al., 2019). Laccophilus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Dytiscus dinutus Linnaeus, 1758 Dytiscus minutus Linnaeus, 1758 Laccophilus obscurus (Panzer, 1795) Laccophilus variolosus (Herbst, 1784) Material examined: 2 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Jordan (Ramadan and Ramadan, 2021). Laccophilus poecilus Klug, 1834 579 Al-Saffar and Augul Synonyms: Dyticus variegatus Germar, 1812 Dytiscus variegatus Germar & Kaulfuss, 1817 Laccophilus ponticus Sharp, 1882 Laccophilus variegatus (Germar, 1812) Material examined: 3 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.viii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978 as Laccophilus ponticus); Kuwait (Al-Houty, 2004); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Croatia (Turić et al., 2017). Laccophilus sharpi Régimbart, 1889 Material examined: 9 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.viii.2020 Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Iran, Pakistan (Hájek, 2006). Genus, Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906 Synonyms: Bistictus Guignot, 1942 Potamodytes Zimmermann, 1919 Potamonectes Zimmermann, 1921 Rhabdonectes Houlbert, 1934 Zimmermannius Guignot, 1942 Nebrioporus laeviventris (Reiche & Saulcy, 1855) Synonym: Hydroporus laeviventris Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Material examined : 2 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 23.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (as Stictotarsus laeviventris Reiche and Saulcy, 1855) Abdul-Karim, 1978); Taiwan (Nilsson et al., 1995); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009). Genus, Platambus Thomsom, 1859 Synonyms: Agraphis Guignot, 1954 Allogabus Guignot, 1954 Anagabus Jakovlev, 1897 Colymbinectes Falkenström, 1936 Neoplatynectes Vazirani, 1970 Paraplatynects Vazirani, 1970 Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Agabus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Dyticus hebraicus Fourcroy, 1785 Dytiscus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 Material examined : 4 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 23.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Mongollia (Enkhnasan and Blodgiv, 2019). 580 Survey of insects Genus, Rhantus Dejean, 1833 Synonyms: Anisomera Brullé, 1834 Anisomeria Brinck, 1943 Ilybiomorphus Porta, 1923 Rantogiton Des Gozis, 1910 Rantus Dejean, 1833 Rhantus Agassiz, 1846 Senilites Brinck, 1948 Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825) Synonyms: Colymbetes montrouzieri Lucas, 1860 Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, 1828 Colymbetes suturalis W.S.MacLeay, 1825 Dyticus punctatus Fourcroy, 1785 Rhanthus suturalis (W.S.MacLeay, 1825) Rhantus pulverosus (Stephens, 1828) Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021 Distribution: Iraq (recorded as Rhantus pulverosus (Stephens, 1828) ,Abdul-Karim, 1978); Taiwan ; (Nilsson et al., 1995); Iran , Pakistan (Hájek, 2006); Liberian Peninsula (Garrido and Munilla, 2008); Turkey (Darilmaz and, and Kayak, 2009); Kis- Balaton (Lőkkös, 2014); Croatia (Turić et al., 2017); Kuwait (Edmonds et al., 2019); South Korea (Jung et al., 2020). 2- Family, Gyrinidae Genus, Dineutus Macleay, 1825 Dineutus grandis (Klug J.C.F., 1834) Synonym: Gyrinus grandis Klug J.C.F., 1834 Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.vi.2019. Distribution: Iraq (Ali, 1978b). North-east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (Brinck, 1955). Genus, Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1762 Synonyms: Gyradelphus Gozis, 1915 Gyrinidius Guignot, 1951 Gyrinoides Guignot, 1948 Gyrinulus Zaitzev, 1907 Gyrinus Linnaeus, 1767 Gyrinus Müller, 1764 Neogyrinus Hatch, 1925 Oreogyrinus Ochs, 1935 Gyrinus natator (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Dytiscus natator Linnaeus, 1758 Gyrinus mergus Ahrens, 1812 581 Al-Saffar and Augul Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Ali, 1978); Ireland (Nelson et al., 2019). 3- Family, Hydraenidae Genus, Hydraenida Germain, 1901 Hydraenida sp. Material examined: 2 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 23.viii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Chile (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Genus, Ochthebius Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Asiobates Thomson, 1859 Asiobathes Kuhnt, 1912 Homalochthebius Kuwert, 1887 Lunzochthebius Ienistea, 1988 Mimasiobates Ienistea, 1988 Ochtebius Thomson, 1859 Trymochthebius Kuwert, 1887 Ochthebius sp. Material examined: 11 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 23.viii.2021. Distribution: The members of the genus Ochthebius distribute in the Palaearctic, Oriental, Neotropical, Nearctic, Australian and Afrotropical regions (Villastrigo et al., 2019). 4- Family, Hydrophilidae Genus, Enochrus Thomson, 1859 Synonyms: Agraphilhydrus Everts, 1898 Agraphilydrus Kuwert, 1888 Agraphophilydrus Zaitzev, 1908 Farana Knisch, 1922 Holcophilhydrus d'Orchymont, 1919 Holcophilhydus Orchymont, 1919 Holcophilydrus Knisch, 1911 Hydatotrephis MacLeay, 1871 Hydatotrophis d'Orchymont, 1919 Hydrotrephis Régimbart, 1908 Lumetus Zaitzev, 1908 Methydrus Rey, 1885 Philhydrus Brullé, 1835 Philydrus Solier, 1834 Pseudenochrus Lomnicki, 1911 582 Survey of insects Enochrus melanocephalus (Olivier, 1793) Synonyms: Enochrus italus Kuwert, 1890 Hydrobius atricapillus Stephens, 1829 Hydrophilus bicolor Gyllenhal, 1808 Hydrophilus melanocephalus A. G. Olivier, 1793 Hydrophilus striatus Turton, 1802 Material examind: 3 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Kis- Balaton (Lőkkös, 2014); Croatia (Turić et al., 2017); Ireland (Nelson et al., 2019). Genus, Paracymus C. G. Thomson, 1867 Synonyms: Eumetacymus Brethes, 1922 Paracymorphus Kuwert, 1888 Quasiparacymus Marjanian, 2009 Paracymus sp. Material examined: 1specimen, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 23.viii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009). The genus of Paracymus distribute in Australia, Guyana, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Canada, USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Suriname and Vietnam (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). 5- Family, Georissidae Genus, Georissus Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Cathammistes Illiger, 1807 Georyssus Latreille, 1809 Georyssus Stephens, 1828 Neogeorissus Satô, 1972 Nipponogeorissus Satô, 1972 Georissus sp. Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish marsh, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); this genus is worldwide distribution (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). 6- Family, Hygrobiidae Genus, Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 Synonyms: Hydrachna Fabricius, 1801 Hydrachne Latreille, 1802 Hygriobia Latreille, 1804 Paelobius Schonherr, 1808 Pelobius Erichson, 1832 Paelobius Schonherr, 1808 583 Al-Saffar and Augul Pelobius Erichson, 1832 Pelobius Schoenherr, 1808 Poelobius Schönherr, 1808 Hygrobia sp. Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish marsh, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); the genus of Hygrobia is native in Europe, North Africa, China and Australia (Nilsson, 2006). 7- Family, Noteridae Genus, Canthydrus Sharp, 1882 Canthydrus luctuosus (Aubé, 1838) Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul- Karim, 1978); Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam (Nilsson, 2011). Genus, Hydrocanthus Say, 1823 Synonyms: Allocanthus Guignot, 1948 Sternocanthus Guignot, 1948 Hydrocanthus sp. Material examined: 1 specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Wildly distributed (Young, 1985); Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009). Genus, Noterus Clairville, 1806 Noterus clavicornis (De Geer, 1774) Synonyms: Dytiscus clavicornis De Geer, 1774 Dytiscus semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792 Dytiscus sparsus Marsham, 1802 Noterus convexiusculus Reiche & Saulcy, 1855 Material examined: 2 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish marsh, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Turkey (Darilmaz and kayak, 2009); Croatia (Turić et al., 2011); Kis- Balaton (Lőkkös, 2014); Iran (Taher and Heydarnejad, 2019). Noterus ponticus Sharp, 1882 Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish marsh, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdul-Karim, 1978); Iran (Nilsson, 2011); Kuwait (Edmonds et al., 2019). Genus, Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 Suphisellus sp. 584 Survey of insects Material examined: 7 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish marsh, 19.vi.2021. Distribution: Worldwide (Nilsson, 2011). (B) Order, Diptera 1- Family, Chaoboridae Genus, Chaoborus Lichtenstein, 1800 Synonyms: Corehtra Angelin, 1820 Corethra Meigen, 1803 Culicites Heyden, 1862 Proboscistoma Saccardo, 1864 Chaoborus sp. Material examined: 13 specimens (larval stages); 3 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 31.vi.2019; 10 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al- Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: The genus Chaoborus is worldwide distribution (except Antarctica) (Borkent, 1993); Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009). 2-Family, Chironomidae Genus, Chironomus Meigen, 1803 Synonyms: Camptochironomus Kieffer, 1918 Chaetolabis Townes, 1945 Cheironomus Wollaston, 1858 Chiotonomus Wiedemann, 1817 Holtedahlia Kieffer, 1922 Lobochironomus Ryser, Scholl &Wülker, 1985 Tendipes Meigen, 1800 Chironomus annularius Kieffer, 1926 Synonyms: Chironomus absconditus Kieffer, 1926 Chironomus horni Kieffer, 1918 Material examined: (9 adults, 4 larvae): Thi- Qar Province, Al- Hammar Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Al-Saffar, 2008); Nearctic Region (Oliver et al., 1990); Italy (Rossaro et al., 2019) Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804 Synonyms: Chironomus albistria Walker, 1848 Chironomus albistris Walker, 1848 Chironomus bifilis Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916 Chironomus curtibarba Kieffer, 1922 Chironomus curtiforceps Thienemann & Kieffer, 1916 Chironomus dichromocerus (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus gregarius Kieffer, 1909 585 Al-Saffar and Augul Chironomus halochares Kieffer, 1915 Chironomus ichtyobrota (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus indivisus (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus interruptus Kieffer, 1909 Chironomus kochianus Kieffer & Thienemann, 1919 Chironomus militaris Johannsen, 1937 Chironomus pentatomus Kieffer, 1909 Chironomus serus Malloch, 1915 Chironomus subproductus (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus subriparius Kieffer, 1918 Chironomus thummi (Kieffer, 1911) Chironomus zonulus Zetterstedt, 1838 Tendipes dichromocerus Kieffer, 1911 Tendipes ichtyobrota Kieffer, 1911 Tendipes indivisus Kieffer, 1911 Tendipes rhyparobius Kieffer, 1911 Tendipes subproductus Kieffer, 1911 Tendipes thummi Kieffer, 1911 Material examined: 15 specimens: Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Japan (Sasa, 1989) Nearctic Region (Oliver et al., 1990); Italy (Rossaro et al., 2019); Iran (Aydın and Samin, 2020). Genus, Glyptotendipes Kieffer, 1913 Synonyms: Caulochironomus Heyn, 1993 Heynotendipes Spies & Saether, 2004 Phytotendipes Goetghebuer, 1937 Trichotendipes Heyn, 1993 Glyptotendipes sp. Material examined: 13 specimens (5 adults, 8 larvae); Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); The genus Glyptotendipes has a Holarctic distribution (Catalogue of Life, 2009). Genus, Paratendipes Kieffer, 1911 Synonym: Synparatendipes Thienemann, 1913 Paratendipes albimanus (Meigen, 1818) Synonyms: Chironomus albimanus Meigen, 1818 Chironomus annularis Meigen, 1804 Chironomus heteropus Kieffer, 1906 Paratendipes annularis (Meigen, 1804) Material examined: 7 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vi.2019. 586 Survey of insects Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Nearctic Region (Oliver et al., 1990); Korea (Na et al., 2010); Polish (Larocque- Tobler, 2014); Turkey (Aydin and Güher, 2017); Italy (Rossaro et al., 2019); Wisconsin (Egan et al., 2019); Iran (Mohammadi et al., 2021). Genus, Pentaneura Philippi, 1865 Pentaneura sp. Material examined: 16 specimens (7 adults, 9 larvae); Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vi.2019. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Colombia, Canda, USA, Braszil, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambeque and Zambia (GBIF Secrterate, 2021). 3- Family, Culicidae Genus, Anopheles Meigen, 1818 Synonym: Baimaia Harbach, Rattanarithikul & Harrision, 2005 Anopheles sp. Material Examined: 20 specimens (8 adults, 12 larval stages); 13 specimens (3 adults, 10 larvae), Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 31.vi.2019; 7 specimens (4 adults, 3 larvae), Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); worldwide distribution (Harbach and Kitching, 2016). (C) Order, Ephemeroptera 1- Family, Baetidae Genus, Procloeon Bengtsson, 1915 Synonyms: Monilistylus Kluge, 2020 Pseudocloëon Bengtsson, 1914 Procloeon sp. Material examined: 15 specimens (3 adults, 12 nymph stages); 1 adult, 4 nymphs, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 31.v.2019; 2 adults, 8 nymphs, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.v.2021. Distribution: This genus is distributed throughout the world; with excluding four species are recorded from the Oriental Region: P. debilis (Walker, 1860) from India (Kimmins, 1960); P. tatualis Waltz& McCafferty, 1985 from Taiwan (Waltz and McCafferty, 1985); P. regularum Müller-Liebenau & Hubbards, 1985 from Sri Lanka (Müller-Liebenau and Hubbard, 1985); and P. spinosum Nguyen & Bae, 2006 from Vietnam (Tungpairojwong et al., 2006). In Iraq this genus registered by (Abdulhasan et al., 2009). 2- Family, Caenidae Genus, Caenis Stephens, 1835 Synonyms: Austrocaenis Barnard, 1932 587 Al-Saffar and Augul Caeneus Eaton, 1888 Caenodes Ulmer, 1924 Caenomedea Thew, 1960 Caenus Agassiz, 1846 Ordella Campion, 1923 Oxycypha Burmeister, 1839 Pseudocaenis Soldan, 1978 Caenis sp. Material examined: 8 nymph specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.v.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009). Holarctic Region (Menetrey et al., 2008). (D) Order, Hemiptera 1- Family, Belostomidae Genus, Belostoma Latreille, 1807 Synonyms: Belostomum Burmeister, 1835 Perthostoma Leidy, 1847 Zaitha Amyot & Serville, 1843 Belostoma sp. Material examined: 6 specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 9.vii.2016. Distribution: Iraq (Ali et al., 2007); New World and Neotropical Region (Schuh and Weirauch, 2020). Genus, Lethocerus Mayr, 1853 Synonyms: Amorgius Stål, 1866 Iliastus Gistel, 1847 Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) Synonyms: Belostoma cousinis Stl, 1854 Lethocerus persicus (Montandon, 1898) Material examined: 4 specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19. ix.2019. Distribution: Iraq (Linnavuori, 1994); Known from the Balkan Peninsula and SW Asia to SE Asia (Linnavuori, 1994), Croatia (Kment and Beran, 2011), Israel (Novoselsky et al., 2018), Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Lethocerus sp. Material examined: 1specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.ix.2019. Distribution: It is distributed in tropical and subtropical also in temperate regions of the world; high divesity occurs in the Americas, with only one species in Europe, two in Africa, three in Asia and two in Australia (Lauck and Menke, 1961; Perez-Goodwyn, 2006). 588 Survey of insects 2- Family, Corixidae Genus, Corisella Lundblad, 1928 Corisella sp. Material examined: 5specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 19.ix.2019. Distribution: Nearctic Region: USA and Canada (Hanson et al., 2007); Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Iran (Ahmadi et al., 2011). Genus, Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897 Synonyms: Micronectella Lundblad, 1933 Unguinecta Nieser, Chen & Yang, 2005 Micronecta isis Horváth, 1899 Material examined: 3specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 9.vii.2016. Distribution: Widespread in the Ethiopian Region, also known from Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Israel (Linnavuori, 1994). Micronecta sp. Material examined: 1 specimen, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vii.2019. Genus, Sigara Fabricius, 1775 Synonym: Sigera Schellenberg, 1800 Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1818) Synonyms: Arctocorisa hieroglyphica (Dufour, 1833) Corisa hieroglyphica Dufour, 1833 Corixa hieroglyphica (Dufour, 1833) Corixa lateralis Leach, 1818 Sigara hieroglyphica (Dufour, 1833) Material examined: 11 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Jaczewski, 1964); Kuwait (Al-Houty, 2011); Croatia (Kment and Beran, 2011); Iran (Ghahar, 2013); Ukraine (Grandova, 2013); Hungary (Boda et al., 2015); Slovakia (Klementova et al., 2015). Sigara septemlineata (Paiva, 1918) Synonym: Corixa septemlineata Paiva, 1981 Material examined: 3 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Geraci et al., 2011); Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Korea, Russia and Japan (Insectomania, 2020). 3-Family, Gerridae 589 Al-Saffar and Augul Genus, Gerris Fabricius, 1794 Synonyms: Gerriselloides Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958 Limnotrechus Stål, 1868 Gerris sp. Material examined: 5 specimens, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Ali et al., 2007); Worldwide (Henry and Froeschner, 1988). 4-Family, Macrovellidae Genus, Macrovelia Uhler, 1872 Macrovelia hornii Uhler, 1872 Material examined: 7 specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Al-Edani and Kareem, 2015); USA (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). 5-Family: Mesovillidae Genus, Mesovelia Mulsant & Ray, 1852 Synonym: Fieberia Jakovlev, 1873 Mesovelia furicata Mulsant &Ray, 1852 Synonyms: Fieberia lacustris Jakovlev, 1873 Mesovelia fuscata Mulsant & Rey, 1852 Mesovelia parra J. Sahlberg, 1875 Microvelia fuscata Mulsant & Rey, 1852 Material examined: 1 specimen; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Australia (Andersen and Weir, 2004); Ukraine (Grandova, 2013); Hungary (Boda et al., 2015); Slovakia (Klementova et al., 2015); Croatia(Turić et al., 2017). Mesovelia vittigera Horváth, 1895 Synonyms: Mesovelia orientalis Kirkaldy, 1901 Mesovelia proxima Schouteden, 1905 Material examined: 9 specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 9.vii.2016. Distribution: Iraq (Al-Edani and Kareem, 2015); Croatia (Kment and Beran, 2011); Philippines (Zettel, 2014). 6-Family: Notonectidae Genus, Buenoa Kirkaldy, 1904 Buenoa sp. Material examined: 2 specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Colombia, USA, Argentine, Mexico, Jamaica, Martinique, Costa Rica (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). 590 Survey of insects 7-Family, Pleidae Genus, Plea Leach, 1817 Plea minutissma (Leach, 1817) Synonym: Plea leachi McGregor & Kirkaldy, 1899 Material examined: 12 specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Liberian Peninsula (Garrido and Munilla, 2008); Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Croatia (Kment and Beran, 2011); Ukraine (Grandova, 2013); Hungary (Boda et al., 2015); Slovakia (Klementova et al., 2015 ). (E) Order, Hymenoptera 1- Family, Apidae Genus, Apis Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms: Apiarus Rafinesque, 1815 Apicula Rafinesque, 1814 Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms: Apis adansonii Latreille, 1804 Apis aenigmaticus Rayment, 1925 Apis australis Kiesenwetter, 1860 Apis caffra Lepeletier, 1836 Apis cerifera Gerstäcker, 1862 Apis cerifera Scopoli, 1770 Apis daurica Fischer von Waldheim, 1843 Apis fasciata Latreille, 1804 Apis gregaria Geoffroy, 1762 Apis intermissa Maa, 1953 Apis mellifica Linnaeus, 1761 Apis nigritarum Lepeletier, 1836 Apis siciliana Dalla Torre, 1896 Apis sicula Montgano, 1911 Materials Examined: 18 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 23.vii.2020. Distribution: This species is most widespread, occurring throughout Europe, Africa, Northern Western Asia, Caucasia, and the Iranian Plateau (Ruttner, 2003; Sheppard and Meixner, 2003), as well as adventives in the Americas and Australia (Kerr, 1957; Moritz et al., 2005). Genus, Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Hylocopa Kirchner, 1857 Xilocopa Latreille, 1802 Xylocopa fenestrata (Fabricius, 1798) 591 Al-Saffar and Augul Material examined: 7 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vi.2020. Distribution: Turkey (Wancke, 1982); Iraq (Derwesh, 1965); Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Israel, Burma, China, Madagascar, Reunion (Guershon and Ionescu-Hirsch, 2012). 2-Family, Megachilidae Genus, Coelioxys Latreille, 1809 Synonyms: Caelioxys Say, 1824 Coelioxis Germar, 1817 Coelioxys haemorrhoa Förster, 1853 Materials examined: 5 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 31.v.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Derwesh, 1965). Southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula to Austria, and North Africa, to Central Asia (Ornosa et al., 2007). 3- Family, Scoliidae Genus, Campsomeriella Betrem, 1941 Campsomeriella thoracica (Fabricius, 1787) Synonym: Scolia thoracica Fabricius, 1787 Material Examined: 3 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.vi.2020. Distribution: Saudi Arabia (Shalaby, 1961); Iran (Chahartaghi Abineh, 2002); Oman (Osten, 2005a); Crete, Cyprus, Dodecanese Is., Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Malta, North Aegean Is., North Africa, Sicily, Spanish mainland, Syria, Turkey (Fallahzadeh and Saghaei, 2010); Iraq (Khalaf, 1959). Genus, Scolia J.C. Fabricius, 1775 Synonyms: Ascoli Guérin-Méneville, 1838 Lacosi Guérin-Méneville, 1838 Solia Dalla Torre, 1897 Scolia turkestanica Betrem, 1935 Material examined: 1 specimen, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 29.vi.2020. Distribution: Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Steinberg, 1962); Kirgizstan and Tadzhikistan (Osten, 2005 b). Scolia flaviceps Eversmann, 1846 Materials examined: 11 specimens, Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 18.v.2020. Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Oman (Betrem, 1935); Turkey (Madl, 1997); Crete, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbek.istan, Central Asia, Cyprus (Osten, 1999); France, 592 Survey of insects Italy, Egypt (Osten, 2000); Saudi Arabia and United Emirates (Osten et al., 2003); Greece (Osten and Arens, 2004). 4- Family, Vespidae Genus, Delta Saussure, 1855 Synonyms: Erinys Zirngiebl, 1953 Phi Saussure, 1855 Delta esuriens (Fabricius, 1787) Synonym: Eumenes esuriens Fabricius, 1804 Material examined: 11 specimens; Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 1. xi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Vecht and Fischer, 1972); India, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka; Thailand, Vietnam (Nguyen et al., 2007); Thailand (Srinivasan and Kumar, 2010); Australia, Laos, Mauritius, Timor (Kumar, 2012). Genus, Polistes Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Eupolistes Dalla Torre, 1904 Leptpolistes Bluthgen, 1943 Polistula Weyrauch, 1938 Polistus Latreille, 1804 Pseudopolistes Weyrauch, 1937 Sulcopolistes Bluthgen, 1938 Polistes wattii Cameron, 1900 Material Examined: 2 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 1.xi.2020. Distribution: Afghanistan, China, India, Iraq, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (Das and Gupta, 1989; Carpenter, 1996); Kazakhstan (Kazenas, 2014); Tajikistan (Castro and Dvorak, 2010), and Turkmenistan (Dubatolov, 2019). Genus, Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 Synonym: Macrovespa Dalla Torre, 1904 Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1761 Synonyms: Vespa aegyptiaca André, 1884 Vespa aegyptiaca Vallot, 1802 Vespa fusca Christ, 1791 Vespa indica Wrought., 1889 Vespa jurinei de Saussure, 1854 Vespa quadripunctata Forskal, 1775 Vespa turcica Drury, 1773 Material examined: Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 1.xi.2016. 593 Al-Saffar and Augul Distribution: Iraq (Morice, 1921); Northern part of Africa, Southeastern Europe, Southwest Asia across Turkey and Arabian Peninsula to India, and Nepal (Carpenter and Kojima, 1997; Archer, 1998); Mexico (Dvoŕák, 2006). Genus, Odynerus Latreille, 1802 Synonyms: Epipone Kirby & Spence, 1815 Euepipona Dalla Torre, 1904 Hoplomerus Agassiz, 1846 Hoplopus Agassiz, 1846 Oplomerus Westwood, 1840 Oplopus Wesmael, 1836 Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Hoplomerus scutellaris Blüthgen, 1940 Odynerus amurensis Blüthgen, 1941 Odynerus flavicapus Mader, 1936 Odynerus flaviscapus Mader, 1936 Odynerus muticus Zetterstedt, 1839 Vespa quinquefasciata Fabricius, 1793 Material examined: 3 specimens; Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 30.x.2020. Distribution: Europe, Turkey (Yıldırım and Kojima, 1999); this species is recorded in Iraq under the name Hoplomerus spinipes (Linnaeus, 1758) by Khalaf (1958). Genus, Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863 Stenodynerus sp. Material examined: 2 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 19.vi.2020. Distribution: The genus of Stenodynerus distributes spreads along the Nearctic, Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions (Carpenter, 1986). (F) Order: Lepidoptera 1- Family: Crambidae Genus, Parapoynx Hübner, 1825 Synonyms: Eustales Clemens, 1860 Microdracon Warren, 1890 Nymphaeella Grote, 1880 Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852) Synonyms: Nymphula fluctuosalis Zeller, 1852 Oligostigma chrysippusalis Walker, 1859 Oligostigma curta Butler, 1879 Oligostigma obitalis Walker, 1859 594 Survey of insects Parapoynx chrysippusalis (Walker, 1859) Parapoynx curta (Butler, 1879) Parapoynx linealis Guenée, 1854 Parapoynx obitalis (Walker, 1859) Parapoynx oryzalis Wood-Mason, 1885 Material examined: 2 specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 1.vi.2021. Distribution: Oriental region (Speidel and Mey, 1999); China (Chen et al., 2006); Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Africa (Agassi, 2012); Mauritius (Bippus, 2019 ); widespread in continental Africa, Southern Asia, Southern Palearctic region to Japan, Australasia and Pacific islands, also recorded from Puerto Rico" (de Prins and de Prins, 2019); India (Alex et al., 2021). 2- Family, Lycaenidae Genus, Polyommatus Latreille, 1804 Polyommatus baeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Synonyms: Cosmolyce baeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) Lycaena baetica (Linnaeus, 1767) Papilio baeticus Linnaeus, 1767 Material Examined: 2 specimens, Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 3.vi.2020. Distribution: Southern Europe, Africa, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, Australia (Forster, 1963); Iraq (Derwesh, 1965). (G) Order, Odonata 1- Family, Aeshnidae Genus, Aeshna Fabricius, 1775 Synonyms: Aeschna Fabricius, 1775 Aeschna Illiger, 1801 Oeshna Lamarck, 1817 Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 Synonyms: Aeschna alpina Selys, 1848 Aeschna habermayeri Götz, 1923 Aeschna mixta Latreille, 1805 Aeshna alpina Selys, 1848 Aeshna coluberculus Harris, 1782 Aeshna habermayeri Götz, 1923 Aeshna lucia Needham, 1930 Libellula coluberculus Harris, 1782 Material examined: 12 specimens (4 adults, 8 Naiads); Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garisticki and Amr (2011) listed this species in Iraqi Marshes; Europe, Asia Minor and Central Asia, reaching Kashmir in the east, and North 595 Al-Saffar and Augul Africa (Dumont, 1991; Steinmann, 1997); Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Turkey (Salur and Özsaraç, 2004); Mediterranean and North Africa (Boudot et al., 2009). Genus, Anax Leach, 1815 Anax ephippiger (Burmeister, 1839) Synonyms: Aeschna ephippigera Burmeister, 1839 Aeshna mediterranea Selys, 1839 Anax senegalensis Rambur, 1842 Anax marginope Baijal & Agarwal, 1955 Material examined: 3 specimens (adults), Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1920) and listed this species in Iraqi Marshes. Garisticki and Amr (2011); Turkestan and India to South Africa and Madagascar south-central Europe (Steinmann, 1997); Cyprus (De Knijf and Demolder 2013); Turkey (Hacet, 2017). Anax imperator Leach, 1815 Synonyms: Aeschna azurea Charpentier, 1825 Aeschna formosa Vander Linden, 1823 Aeschna lunata Kolenati, 1856 Aeshna formosa Vander Linden, 1823 Anax azurea Charpentier, 1825 Anax dorsalis Burmeister, 1839 Anax formosus Vander Linden, 1820 Anax lunatus Kolenati, 1856 Material examined: 7 specimens (adults); Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Asahina 1973,and listed in Iraqi Marshes (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Turkey (Kalkman, 2006); Africa and through most of Europe, Arabian Peninsula, and south-western and central Asia (Mitra, 2016); Palestine (Adawi et al., 2017); Pakistan (Akbar et al., 2017); Iran (Schneideret et al., 2018). Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 Synonyms: Aeschna parthenope Selys, 1839 Aeshna parthenope Selys, 1839 Anax bacchus Hagen, 1867 Anax major Götz, 1923 Anax parisinus Rambur, 1842 Material examined: 5 specimens: Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1920), Garisticki and Amr (2011) reported listed this species for Iraqi Marshes. Jordon (Katebah- Bader et al., 2004); Hong Kong (Reels 2010); It is ranges from Europe and North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, Siberia, India, China and Japan. In the West of Europe, also found now in Latvia, Poland, south of Sweden, 596 Survey of insects northern Germany and East of Ireland (Mitra and Clausnitzer, 2018); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). 2- Family, Calopterygidae Genus, Calopteryx Leach, 1815 Calopteryx splendens Harris, 1780 Synonyms: Agrion parthenias Charpentier, 1840 Agrion splendens (Harris, 1780) Calopteryx ludoviciana Leach, 1815 Calopteryx ludoviciana Selys, 1840 Calopteryx parthenias Charpentier, 1840 Calopteryx shachrudica Bartenef, 1916 Coenagrion splendens (Harris, 1780) Libellula splendens Harris, 1780 Material examined: 3 adult specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 31.iv.2021. Distribution: Widely distributed in Palearctic Region (Sadeghi et al., 2010). Turkey (Salur and Özsaraç, 2004); Georgia (Schröter, 2010); Iraq (Gastecki and Amr, 2011); Iran (Schneideret et al., 2018). 3- Family, Coenagriidae Genus, Ischnura Charpentier, 1840 Synonyms: Anomalagrion Selys, 1857 Ischnosoma Wallengren, 1894 Nanosura Kennedy, 1920 Ischnura elegans Vander Linden, 1820 Synonyms: Agrion aglae Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1838 Agrion elegans Vander Linden, 1820 Agrion hastulatum Burmeister, 1839 Agrion pupilla Hansemann, 1823 Ischnura aglae Fonscolombe, 1838 Ischnura aurantiaca Roster, 1886 Ischnura excelsa Roster, 1886 Ischnura exigua Roster, 1886 Ischnura ezonata Stephens, 1836 Ischnura hastulata Burmeister, 1839 Ischnura infuscans Campion & Campion, 1905 Ischnura lamellata Kolbe, 1885 Ischnura magna Roster, 1886 Ischnura pupilla Hansemann, 1823 Ischnura rufescens Stephens, 1836 Ischnura tuberculata Charpentier, 1825 Ischnura zonata Stephens, 1835 Material examined: 2 adult specimens, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. 597 Al-Saffar and Augul Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhassan et al., 2009); It distributes from Spain in the West, to Japan in the East, and from Sweden in the North to Iran in the South (Boudot and Salamun, 2015); Georgia (Schröter, 2010); Turkey (Salur and Özsaraç, 2004). Ischnura evansi Morton, 1919 Material examined: 3 specimens (1 naiad, 2 adults), Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 31.iv.2021. Distribution: Iraq Morton (1919), Garsetic and Amr (2011) listed this species in Iraqi marshes; Africa: Djibouti, Egypt and Sudan (Clausnitzer et al., 2012); Asia: Turkey (Asian part), Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Iran, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar (GBIF Secretariat, 2021); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Ischnura fountaineae Morton, 1905 Synonyms: Ischnura bukharensis Bartenef, 1913 Ischnura fountainei Morton, 1905 Material examined: 1 adult specimen, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 31.iv.2021 Distribution: Iraq (Ashina, 1973), this species was listed by Garsetic and Amr (2011) in Marshes. It occurs across northern Africa from eastern Morocco to Egypt, east to Kazakhstan and westernmost China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman (Boudot et al., 2015). Ischnura senegalensis Rambur, 1842 Synonyms: Agrion senegalense Rambur, 1842 Agrion senegalensis Rambur, 1842 Enallagma brevispina Selys, 1876 Ischnura brevispina de Selys, 1876 Material examined: 7 adult specimens; Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 23.vi.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Kalkman, 2009) this species was reported in Marshes by Garsetic and Amr (2011); Native from Africa, through the Middle East, to southern and eastern Asia (Sharma and Clausnitzer, 2016); Malasyia (Yen and Dawood, 2021). 4-Family, Corduliidae Genus, Somatochlora Selys, 1871 Synonyms: Chlorosoma Charpentier, 1839 Somatachlora Brauner, 1902 Somatochlora sp. Material examined: 1 adult specimen, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 31.iv.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Abdulhasan et al., 2009); Member of this genus are found in Europe, Asia and North America (Cannings and Cannings, 1985); Turkey (Kalkman, and Wasscher, 2003); Taiwan (Zhang et al., 2014). 598 Survey of insects 5- Family, Gomphidae Genus, Anormogomphus Selys, 1854 Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenev, 1913 Material examined: 3 adult species; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garsetic and Amr (2011) registered this species in the southern marshes. Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Turkey, Syria and Iran (Kalkman, 2006 b). Genus, Lindenia Vander Linden, 1825 Lindenia tetraphylla Vander Linden, 1825 Synonyms: Aeshna tetraphylla Vander Linden, 1825 Lindenia inkiti Bartenef, 1929 Lindenia phyllura Eichwald, 1829 Lindenia praedator; Rambur, 1842 Material examined: 6 adult specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Garstecki and Amr, 2011); it's a wide distribution range in most parts of Central and Southwest Asia, and eastern Mediterranean (Boudot and Kalkman, 2015). It was also found Tunisia (Kunz and Kunz, 2001), Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002), Italy (Terzani, 2002), Algeria (Boudot et al., 2009), Bulgaria (Gastarov and Beshkov, 2010), Georgia (Schröter, 2010), Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Genus, Onychogomphus Selys, 1854 Synonyms: Onigogomphus Brauner, 1902 Paragomphus Cowley, 1934 Onychogomphus flexuosus Schneider, 1845 Synonym: Gomphus flexuosus Schneider, 1845 Material examined: 2 adult specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 27.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919) and listed from marshes (Garstecki and Amr, 2011); Palestine (Morton, 1924); Caucasus (Zazanashvili and Mallon, 2009); Georgia (Schroter et al., 2015); Turkey (Salur and Özsaraç, 2004); Armenia (Ananain and Tailly, 2013); This species distributed from Anatolia and Jordan Valley to Tajikistan and Afghanistan (Kakman et al., 2009). 6-Family, Libellulidae Genus, Brachythemis Brauer, 1868 Brachythemis fuscopalliata Selys, 1887 599 Al-Saffar and Augul Material examined: 4 adult specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 9.vii.2016. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Ali et al. (2002) listed this species in Iraqi Marshes. Iran, Israel, Syria, and Turkey (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Genus, Crocothemis Brulle, 1832 Crocothemis erythraea Brullé, 1832 Synonyms: Crocothemis coccinea Charpentier, 1840 Crocothemis lorti Kirby, 1896 Crocothemis victoria Fourcroy, 1785 Libellula erythraea Brullé, 1832 Libellula ferruginea Vander Linden, 1825 Material examined: 2 adult species; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. Eastern Palearctic reaching the Netherlands (Hermans and Gubbels, 1997), Belgium (Knijf, 2003), south of England (Jones, 1996), Austria (Schweiger, 1983), Croatia (Trilar and Bedjanič, 1999), France (Rehfeldt, 1991), Germany (Müller, 1987). Also this species was registered in Asian part of Western Palearctic: Jordan (Schneider, 1985), Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Kazakhstan (Chaplina, 2004), Tajikistan (Borisov, 1987), Turkey (Hacet and Aktaç, 1997), Saudi Arabia (Schneider, 1995) and northern Africa: Tunisia (Jodicke, 2003); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Crocothemis servilia Drury, 1773 Synonyms: Crocothemis ferruginata Fabricius, 1781 Crocothemis flavostigma Navás, 1932 Crocothemis indica Sahni, 1965 Crocothemis novaguineensis Foerster, 1898 Crocothemis reticulata Kirby, 1886 Crocothemis soror Rambur, 1842 Libellula ferruginea Fabricius, 1793 Libellula servilia Drury, 1773 Libellula soror Rambur, 1842 Material examined: 9 adult specimens; Maysan Province, Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 9.vii.2016. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Armenia (Ananain and Tailly, 2013); its native to east and southeast Asia and introduced to Jamaica, Florida, and Hawaii (Subramanian et al., 2018); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Genus, Diplacodes Kirby, 1889 Diplacodes lefebvrii Rambur, 1842 600 Survey of insects Synonyms: Diplacodes concinna Rambur, 1842 Diplacodes flavistyla Rambur, 1842 Diplacodes limbata Fraser, 1949 Diplacodes morio Schneider, 1845 Diplacodes parvula Rambur, 1842 Diplacodes spinulosa Navás, 1915 Diplacodes tetra Rambur, 1842 Diplacodes unimacula Foerster, 1906 Libellula lefebvrii Rambur, 1842 Material examined: 3 adult specimens, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. ; Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); widespread and common Afrotropical species that extends to southern (KalKman et al., 2009); Africa, India, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Oman, UAE, Italy (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Genus, Orthetrum Newman, 1833 Orthetrum sabina Drury, 1773 Synonyms: Lepthemis divisa Selys, 1878 Libellua leptura Burmeister, 1839 Libellula ampullacea Schneider, 1845 Libellula gibba Fabricius, 1798 Libellula sabina Drury, 1770 Orthetrum ampullacea Schneider, 1845 Orthetrum divisum Selys, 1878 Orthetrum gibba Fabricius, 1798 Orthetrum leptura Burmeister, 1839 Orthetrum nigrescens Bartenef, 1929 Orthetrum viduatum Lieftinck, 1942 Material examined: 5 specimens: (4 adults); Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An-Ni'aaj, 31.vi.2019; 1adult, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Armenia (Ananain and Tailly, 2013); Kuwait (Amr, 2021); Malasyia (Yen and Dawood, 2021). Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, India, UAE, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Macao (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Orthetrum taeniolatum Schneider, 1845 Synonyms: Libellula taeniolata Schneider, 1845 Orthetrum brevistylum Kirby, 1896 Orthetrum garhwalicum Singh & Baijal, 1954 Orthetrum hyalianum Kirby, 1886 Orthetrum hyalinum Kirby, 1886 601 Al-Saffar and Augul Material examined: 2 adult specimens, Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. Its distribution spreads from Eastern Europe to China (Mitra, 2013); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Orthetrum trinacria Selys, 1841 Synonyms: Libellula trinacria Selys, 1841 Orthetrum bremii Rambur, 1842 Orthetrum clathrata Rambur, 1842 Material examined: 3adult specimens, Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) reported this species in Iraqi Marshes. Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); widespread in Africa and common in the north extending east to Sudan, Egypt and the Middle East. In Europe, this species distribute from Sicily and recently recorded in Sardinia and Spain (Belle, 1984; Askew, 2004). Orthetrum chrysostigma Burmeister, 1839 Synonyms: Libellula barbara Selys, 1849 Libellula chrysostigma Burmeister, 1839 Orthetrum barbarum Selys, 1849 Material examined: 4 adult specimens; Maysan Province: Hawizeh Marshes, Umm An- Ni'aaj, 31.vi.2019. Distribution: Iraq (Augul et al., 2016 ); Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece Guinea, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, UAE, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Boudot, 2016). Genus, Pantala Hagen, 1861 Pantala flavescens Fabricius, 1798 Synonyms: Libellula analis Burmeister, 1839 Libellula flavescens Fabricius, 1798 Libellula terminalis Burmeister, 1839 Libellula viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 Orthetrum mathewi Singh & Baijal, 1955 Pantala analis Burmeister, 1839 Pantala mathewi Singh & Baijal, 1954 Pantala tandicola Singh, 1955 Pantala terminalis Burmeister, 1839 602 Survey of insects Pantala viridula Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 Sympetrum tandicola Singh, 1955 Material examined: 7 specimens (5 adults, 2 naiads); Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Garstecki and Amr, 2011); Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Turey (Kalkman et al., 2009); Colorado (Kondarteiff and Durfee, 2010); Malasyia (Yen and Dawood, 2021); USA, Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Guatemala, South Africa, Botswana, Madagascar, Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, UAE, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Sir Lanka, Australia, Papua New Guinea (GBIF Secretariat, 2021). Genus, Selysiothemis Vander Linden, 1825 Selysiothemis nigra Vander Linden, 1825 Synonyms: Libellula nigra Vander Linden, 1825 Selysiothemis advena Selys, 1878 Material examined: 1 adult specimen; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) listed this species in Iraqi Marshes. This species is mainly a distribution from central Asia, the Middle East and Arabia; also extends into the western Mediterranean and northern African (Boudot, 2010). Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Armenia (Ananain and Tailly, 2013); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). Genus, Sympetrum Newman, 1833 Synonyms: Diplax Burmeister, 1839 Sympertum Brauner, 1902 Tarnetrum Needham & Fisher, 1936 Sympetrum arenicolor Jödicke, 1994 Synonym: Sympetrum deserti Jödicke, 1994 Material examined: 4 adult specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Kalkman, 2006; Ali and Khidhir, 2015), Garstecki and Amr (2011) listed this species in Iraqi Marshes. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan (Malikova, 2009); Georgia (Schröter, 2010). Sympetrum fonscolombii Selys, 1840 Synonyms: Libellula fonscolombii Selys, 1840 Sympetrum azorense Gardner, 1959 Sympetrum erythroneura Schneider, 1845 Sympetrum insignis Brittinger, 1850 Sympetrum rhaeticum Buchecker, 1873 603 Al-Saffar and Augul Tarnetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840) Material examined: 4 adult specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Morton, 1919), Garstecki and Amr (2011) registered this species in Iraqi Marshes. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria,Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe (Clausnitzer, 2013). Sympetrum striolatum Charpentier, 1840 Synonyms: Libellula striolata Charpentier, 1840 Sympetrum neglectum Artobolevsky, 1928 Sympetrum nigrescens Lucas, 1912 Sympetrum ruficollis Charpentier, 1840 Material examined: 1 adult specimen; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 29.viii.2020. Distribution: Iraq (Kalkman, 2006), Garstecki and Amr (2011) listed this species in Iraqi Marshes. Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan (Clausnitzer, 2020). Genus, Trithemis Brauer, 1868 Trithemis annulata Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 Synonyms: Libellula annulata Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 Libellula haematina Rambur, 1842 Trithemis obsoleta Rambur, 1842 Trithemis rubrinervis Selys, 1841 Trithemis violacea Sjöstedt, 1899 Material examined: 2 adult specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 5.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Garstecki and Amr 2011); Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Kuwait (Amr, 2021). 604 Survey of insects Trithemis festiva Rambur, 1842 Synonyms: Libellula festiva Rambur, 1842 Libellula infernalis Brauer, 1865 Trithemis cyprica Selys, 1887 Trithemis infernalis Brauer, 1865 Trithemis proserpina Selys, 1878 Trithemis prosperina Selys, 1878 Material examined: 3 adult specimens; Thi-Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 3.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Garstecki and Amr 2011); Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Malasyia (Yen and Dawood, 2021). 7- Family, Lestidae Genus, Sympecma Selys, 1840 Sympecma paedisca Brauer, 1877 Synonyms: Sympecma annulata Selys, 1887 Sympecma braueri Yakobson & Bianki, 1904 Sympecma kashmirensis Ander, 1944 Sympecma striata St Quentin, 1963 Sympycna braueri Bianchi, 1904 Sympycna paedisca Brauer, 1877 Material examined: 1 adult specimens; Thi- Qar Province, Al-Chibayish Marshes, 2.vii.2021. Distribution: Iraq (Asahina, 1973); Iran (Heidari and Dumont, 2002); Armenia (Ananain and Tailly, 2013). CONFLICTS OF INTEREST STATMENT "The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare". LITRETURE CITED Abdulhasan, N. A., Salim, M. A. A., Al-Obaidi, G. S., Ali, H. J., Al-Saffar, M. A., Abd, I. M. and Minjil, M. Sh. 2009. Habitat mapping and monitoring project classification and description of Southern Iraqi Marshlands. Nature Iraq Report, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq, 86 pp. Abdul-Karim, R. M. 1978. 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