Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijani zoologists continue to discover new species of insects and reptiles.
The Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan informs that Arachnology Laboratory’s official Natalia Snegovaya found 2 new species of dragonflies in the country.
"In Balaken region and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic the dragonflies of species Cordulegaster plagionyx Skvortsov & Snegovaya 2015 and C. nachitischevanica Skvortsov & Snegovaya 2015 were revealed,” the Institute reported.
In addition, Institute’s scientists have studied 13 new dragonflies for the Azerbaijan fauna: Lestes dryas, L. sponsa, L. virens, Coenagrion hastulatum, C. lunulatum, C. ornatum, C. pulchellum, Aeshna affinis, Brachytron pratense, Cordulegaster picta, Somatochlora flavomaculata, Sympetrum flaveolum, S. vulgatum.
Yesterday, the Institute informed that the staff of its Herpetological Laboratory had discovered a new species of snake Pelias lotiyevi related to vipers (Viperidae). The discovery was made in the mountains of the Greater Caucasus in the Guba-Khachmaz zone of the country.
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