Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.30
A surprising finding of the species Stenophylax malaspina (Schmid, 1957) (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Croatia
Mladen Kučinić
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Nazymgul Akimbekova
; Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Lomova str. 64, KZ-140008, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Danijela Gumhalter
; Bernsteinstrasse 58, D-70619 Stuttgart, Germany
Maja Pintar
; Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Centre for Plant Protection, Gorice 68b, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ainagul Balgauovna Kaliyeva
; Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Lomova str. 64, KZ-140008, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Ana Šalinović Steinbacher
; Postelska ulica 10, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Mirna Klaić
; Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zarina Sergazinova
; Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Lomova str. 64, KZ-140008, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Josip Skejo
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102A, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper reports on the first finding of the species Stenophylax malaspina (Schmid, 1957) in the Croatian fauna, also providing a brief review of the history of Trichoptera research in Croatia. The distribution of S. malaspina is discussed, indicating the highly isolated nature of its occurrence in Croatia. Although the new finding of S. malaspina in Croatia was made in the Mediterranean region, which corresponds to the biology of this Asian-Mediterranean species, the location was almost 400 kilometres away from the western border of its range in southern Italy. On the Balkan Peninsula, the nearest previously known record of this species is situated to the east, approximately 500 km from the site in Croatia.
Keywords
aquatic insects; caddisflies; south Croatia
Hrčak ID:
342742
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2025.
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