Glossosoma unguiculatum Martynov, 1925

Ibrahimi, Halil, Mohammadi, Habibollah, Ghaderi, Edris, Karimian, Erfan, Zareii, Ronak & Piroozi, Laila, 2023, First record of Glossosoma unguiculatum Martynov, 1925 (Trichoptera, Glossosomatidae) from Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (4), pp. 679-685 : 680-682

Glossosoma unguiculatum Martynov, 1925 ( Figs 2–4)

Material examined. 3 ♂♂, IRAN, Ardabil province ( 38°10'13.27404"N, 47°54'10.61208"E, 2443 m a.s.l.), 01.VIII.2021, leg. Halil Ibrahimi.

Distribution. The species is reported from Azerbaijan ( Oláh et al., 2020), Georgia ( Oláh et al., 2020), Kazakhstan ( Smirnova et al., 2016), Russia ( Ivanov, 2011) and Turkey ( Darilmaz & Salur, 2015).

Diagnosis. The collected specimens ( Figs 2–4) generally correspond with the originally described species ( Martynov, 1934). The head and thorax are yellowish-brown, lighter ventrally; the abdomen is generally brown; the antennae are yellowish; the legs are pale yellow. The forewings are yellowish. In lateral view, segment IX wide dorsally and medially, narrow ventrally; tergite IX forms a median projection rounded at the end and covered with bristles; the ventral unpaired process of segment IX broadly triangular and elongated. Segment X in lateral view, basally wide, narrowing distally, ending with two pointed triangularly shaped processes, the dorsal one larger, the ventral one quite small. The median appendage of the 6th sternite is shovel-shaped, while the median appendage of the 7th sternite is small and triangularly shaped.