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species Leguminaia wheatleyi (Lea, 1862): specimens
10 available nominal species synonyms (17 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Leguminaia wheatleyi — Graf (2007), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), IUCN (2014), Froufe et al. (2016), ... Jeratthitikul et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024), Bolotov et al. (2024), Jeratthitikul et al. (2025), Dai et al. (2025)
Leguminaia whaetleyi [sic] — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia bourguignati — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia chantrei — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia graeteri — Çek & ŞerefliŞan (2010)
Leguminaia cf. wheatleyi — Lopes-Lima et al. (2021)

Range

Syria and Iraq.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

SMF_K104A	SMF_K104AA	SMF_K1285
SMF_K1347	SMF_K1347	SMF_K1384
SMF_K1384	SMF_K79_119	SMF_K79_119
SMF_K79_119	SMF_K79_119	SMF_83373 Aleppo, Syrien
SMF_15136 aus dem Tigris	SMF_283050 Orontes river, main bridge E of Ain Slimo [Ain Salīmū] [Syria]	MNHN_MP_4321 River Shawer (Iran)
SMF_283051 Syrien Orontes unterhalb der Brücke von Sheizar [Shaizar] bei [ 2,5 km NW von] Maharde [Mhardeh] [Hama]	SMF_283045 Syrien: Orontes bei Brücken und Nouria [Wasserad] unterhalb Sheizar [Shaizar, 2,5 km NW von Mhardeh] [Hama]	SMF_283052 Syrien: Orontes, 400 m unterhalb der Staumauer von Acharne [Aharna/Al Asharenah] [Hama]
SMF_283047 Syrien: Orontes, Stadtgebiet von Hama, unterhalb der 3 Nourias [Wasserräder] [Hama]	SMF_283046 Syrien: Stausee von Maharde [Mhardeh] oberhalb des Orontes-Durchbruchs, 400 m oberhalb der Staumauer links [Hama]	ANSP_125630 Tigris River, 21 mi NE of Mardin, Assyria

Iran

MNHN_MP_4333
Kirmanchah [Kermanshah] (Kourdistan)

MNHN_MP_4341
Kirmanchah [Kermanshah] (Kourdistan)

Iraq

SMF_4356 A.d. Tigris b. Mosul	MNHN_MP_4348 Euphrate	MCZ_MP_300_02 R. Tigris, Assyria
USNM_86331 R. Tigris, Syria	UMMZ_MP_001 Riv. Tigris, Syria	MCZ_30181 River Tigris
MCZ_49953 River Tigris	ANSP_41034 River Tigris, Assyria	ANSP_41206 River Tigris, Bagdad
USNM_86332 River Tigris, Syria	ANSP_125632 Tigris R., Assyria	MCZ_178755 Tigris River [Iraq]
ANSP_125633 Tigris River at Mosul, Assyria	UMMZ_112688 Tigris River, Assyria	UMMZ_112689 Tigris River, Assyria
UMMZ_184023 Tigris River, Assyria	MCZ_294140 Tigris River, Mosul, [Al Mawsil, Iraq]

Syria

MNHN_MP_4289 Aintab, Lac Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4294 Aintab, Lac Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4296 Aintab, Lac Homs, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4280 Alep	MNHN_MP_4291 Alep	MNHN_MP_4278 Alep, Syrie
SMF_15174 Aus einem Euphrat-Zufluss [mündet bei Samsat, 55 km NNW von Şanlıurfa)] nordlich von Orfa [Şanlıurfa], Mesopotamien [Türkei Adıyaman]	SMF_4454 Euphrat Zufl. b. Biredschik [Euphrates River, Birecik]	SMF_4456 Euphrat-Zuflüsse bei Biledschik [Birecik] [Türkei Şanlıurfa]
SMF_4455 Euphrat-Zuflüsse bei Biredschik [Birecik] [Türkei Şanlıurfa]	MNHN_MP_4286 Lac de Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4288 Lac de Homs, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4290 Lac de Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4293 Lac de Homs, Syrie	MNHN_MP_4295 Lac de Homs, Syrie
MNHN_MP_4277 Syrie	SMF_907 Zufl. d. ob. Euphrat b. Biledschik [Birecik] [Turkey]

Turkey

SMF_4354 A.d. Kara-su, Zufl. des Sees v. Antiochia, Syrien	MNHN_MP_4276 near Mardin	USNM_86354 near Mardin, R. Tigris, Syria
MCZ_240335 River Tigris at Mardin, Assyria	AMNH_106843 stream into Tigris River, near Mardin, Iraq, Asia	MCZ_293262 Tigris River near Mardin [Iraq]
ANSP_125631 Tigris River, near Mardin, Assyria	MCZ_MP.246 Tigris River, near Mardin, Assyria	UMMZ_112686 Tigris River, near Mardin, Assyria
MCZ_178756 Tigris River, nr. Mardi, Turkey	SMF_283048 Türkei: Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Samandağ, Kiesbett [Hatay]	SMF_283049 Türkei: Orontes [Asi nehri] bei Samandağ, Kiesbett [Hatay]
SMF_283053 Türkei: Orontes [Asi nehri], 9 km E von Antakya [Hatay], an der Straße nach Reyhanli

Turkey, Syria, Iraq

MNHN_MP_4279
Le Tigre

unknown

ANSP_125629
[no locality available - Asia]

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Turkey

KCMAE_LG007. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

KCMAE_LG011. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

KCMAE_LG012. (COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

KCMAE_LG013. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Gölbaşı: Orontes Basin (36.496217, 36.480722)

RMBH_biv_177_16. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_7. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_8. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

RMBH_biv_177_9. (COI) Turkey: Karasu: Orontes Basin (36.580012, 36.430981)

KCMAE_LG015. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Orontes : Orontes Basin (36.221314, 36.387333)

KCMAE_LG018. (16S, 28S, COI) Turkey: Orontes : Orontes Basin (36.221314, 36.387333)