Based on a recent field survey in Iraqi Kurdistan and a critical evaluation of previously published data, 37 mayfly species are listed as occurring in Iraq. We collected and identified nine species as new for the country and corrected some previously published records. For several species scarcely treated in the literature, we provide information allowing their identification in the larval stage to promote the acquisition of reliable faunistic data from Iraq in the future.

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology České Budějovice Czech Republic

University of Sulaimani Sulaymaniyah Kurdistan Region Iraq University of Sulaimani Sulaymaniyah Kurdistan Region Iraq

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