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Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 14 No. 1-2, 2010.

Original scientific paper

THE STONEFLY FAUNA (Insecta: Plecoptera) OF THE MEDITERRANEAN RIVER CETINA, CROATIA

Aleksandar Popijač orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5851-3648 ; Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ignac Sivec ; 2Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Abstract

We present the first list of the stonefly fauna of the Mediterranean river the Cetina, comprising 14 species. During the period from August 2004 to September 2005, March and April 2006, June and October 2007 the first systematic study of the stoneflies of the Cetina River was carried out at 13 locations. Manually and with entomological net, we collected qualitative samples of adult Plecoptera, exuviae and larvae. Most of the species were
documented by digital macro photography. The results are based mainly on identification of adult insects and only in some cases are larvae and exuviae taken into consideration. Ten different genera from six families were recorded, three of which belong to the family Nemouridae (Amphinemura, Nemoura, Protonemura), two to the family Perlidae (Perla, Dinocras), two to the family Perlodidae (Besdolus, Isoperla), one to the family Leuctridae (Leuctra), one to the family Chloroperlidae (Siphonoperla) and one to the family Taeniopterygidae (Brachyptera). Five stonefly species found along the
Cetina River were recorded here for the first time in Croatia: Protonemura autumnalis, Protonemura hrabei, Besdolus imhoffi, Leuctra fusca, and Leuctra mortoni. These findings, together with 14 new species recently recorded from the Plitvice Lakes National Park, one new species from the Gorski kotar region, and two new species from the Entomological Department of the Varaždin Municipal Museum increased the number of stonefly species for Croatia from
28 to 50, and represent important new findings for the Croatian part of the Western Dinaric region.

Keywords

Plecoptera; fauna; Cetina River; Mediterranean karstic river; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

67638

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/67638

Publication date:

11.10.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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