Berdeniella jezeki, Wagner

Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen, Ivković, Marija & Klarić, Aleksandra, 2013, New records of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Croatia, with the description of Berdeniella keroveci sp. nov., Zootaxa 3737 (1), pp. 57-67 : 60-65

* Berdeniella jezeki Wagner in Wagner & Schrankel, 2005

First records for Croatia: Gorski Kotar, Čabranka spring (E 14° 38' 25" N 45° 36' 04"), 18.VI.2006, 1 ♂, MI leg. Lika, Štirovača (E 15° 03' 52" N 44° 41' 52"), 23.VII.2006, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Previously only known from the type material, which was collected in Slovenia (Wagner & Schrankel, 2005).

Berdeniella manicata (Tonnoir, 1920)

Literature record: Krek (1999).

Berdeniella unispinosa (Tonnoir, 1919)

Literature record: Krek (1999).

Pericoma blandula Eaton, 1893

Literature record: Krek (1999). New records for Croatia: Plitvice Lakes, Tufa barrier Labudovac (E 15° 35' 59" N 44° 52' 17"), 29.V.2007, emergence trap P1, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Pericoma blandula is widespread in Europe and in the Balkans. Krek (1999) mentions it from Dalmatia in Croatia, and it has been recorded from all other Balkan countries except Albania and Kosovo (Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

Pericoma exquisita Eaton, 1893

Literature record: Krek (1999). New records for Croatia: Dalmatia, Roški slap, National park Krka (E 15° 58' 22" N 43° 54' 20"), 31.X.2011, 1 ♂, MI leg.

* Pericoma pseudocalcilega Krek, 1972

First record for Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National park, Tufa barrier Labudovac (E 15° 35' 59" N 44° 52' 17"), 31.VIII.2007, 1 ♂; same, but VI.2008, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Pericoma pseudocalcilega was described from larvae and adults were unknown until Krek (1999) described reared specimens. The adults are very similar to Pericoma pingarestica Vaillant, 1978 , but can be separated on the presence of a long bristle subapically on the gonostylus (Krek 1999), on the slightly smaller lobes of the phallic sheath and on the distiphallic median phallomeres narrowing at apex.

Pericoma pseudoexquisita Tonnoir, 1940

Literature record: Krek (1999).

* Pneumia balkanica (Krek, 1990)

First record for Croatia: Petrinja, Novo Selište, near River Kupa. (E 16° 13' 57" N 45° 26' 49"), 16.–27.X.2010 (Malaise trap), 3 ♂, 3 ♀, AK & GMK leg.

Comments. Pneumia balkanica was originally described as a subspecies of Pneumia compta (Eaton, 1893) , but was raised to a separate species by Krek (1999). As pointed out by Omelkovà & Ježek (2012), however, the authorship is valid from the first description in 1990. The two species can be separated from each other on the thicker hypandrium and the convex inner margin of the gonocoxite in P. balkanica and the flagellum of the gonostylus morphologically dorsally attached in P. balkanica . In P. compta , the hypandrium is narrower, the gonocoxite has a sinuous inner margin and the flagellum of the gonostylus is attached on a mesobasal protuberance of the gonostylus. Both species can be separated from Pneumia borealis (Berdén, 1954) on the stouter gonocoxites which nearly touch each other and on the distal appendages of the gonostylus, which are of equal length.

* Pneumia mutua (Eaton, 1893)

First record for Croatia: Gorski Kotar, Čabranka spring (E 14° 38' 25" N 45° 36' 04"), 18.VI.2006, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Pneumia mutua is widespread in Europe, but the only records from the Balkan Peninsula are from Slovenia (Ježek 2002). The species is not covered in Krek (1999), but can be separated from all other European species of Psychodidae on the presence of a highly characteristic row of spines on the CuA2 vein ( Fig. 2 ).

* Pneumia nubila (Meigen, 1818)

First records for Croatia: Gorski Kotar, Kupica by the bridge (E 14° 51' 13" N 45° 26' 13"). No date, 1 ♂, A. Popijač leg. Slavonia, Papuk Nature park, Dubočanka stream (E 17° 40' 42" N 45° 29' 11"), 13.VI.2012, 2 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Pneumia nubila is widespread in Europe, including the Balkans; with records from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia (Ježek & Goutner 1995, Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

Pneumia palustris (Meigen, 1818)

Literature record: Krek (1999).

* Pneumia trivialis (Eaton, 1893)

First record for Croatia: Petrinja, Novo Selište, near River Kupa. (E 16° 13' 57" N 45° 26' 49"). 28.IV–14. V.2011, 1 ♂, AK & GMK leg.

Comments. Pneumia trivialis is widespread in Europe north to Norway. Previous records from the Balkans are from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia (Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

* Ulomyia fuliginosa (Meigen, 1804)

First records for Croatia: Slavonia, Papuk Nature Park, Dubočanka stream (E 17° 40' 42" N 45° 29' 11"), 18.IX.2012, 2 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Ulomyia fuliginosa is widely distributed in Europe north to Norway and Finland. In the Balkans it is previously recorded from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM) and Slovenia (Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

Tribe Psychodini

Philosepedon bosnicus Krek, 1977

Literature record: Krek (1999) Philosepedon humeralis (Meigen, 1818)

Literature record: Krek (1999) Psychoda (Logima) albipennis Zetterstedt, 1850 complex

Literature records: Krek (1999), Wagner (2004). New records for Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National park, Spring of Bijela rijeka (E 15° 33' 43" N 44° 50' 05"), VII.2009, emergence trap P2, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. The taxonomy of the very common Psychoda albipennis complex is complicated and in need of revision. It comprises at least two European species, however the characters used in separating them are imperfectly explored. See discussions in Ježek (1983), Boumans (2011), Kvifte et al. (2011) and Kvifte & Andersen (2012). Krek (1999) figures a specimen which matches well with Psychoda (Logima) zetterstedti (Ježek, 1983) , which he treats as a synonym of Psychoda albipennis Zetterstedt, 1850 . Wagner (2004) lists Psychoda parthenogenetica Tonnoir, 1940 ; a species currently regarded as a synonym of P. albipennis (Ježek 1983) .

Psychoda (Logima) erminea Eaton, 1893

Literature record: Krek (1999).

Psychoda (Psychoda) phalaenoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature record: Krek (1999).

* Psychoda (Psychodocha) gemina (Eaton, 1904)

First records for Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National park, Spring of Crna rijeka (E 15° 36' 28" N 44° 50' 14"), VII.2007, emergence trap P1, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Psychoda gemina (Eaton, 1904) is widespread in Europe. Previous records from the Balkans are from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia and Slovenia (Ježek & Goutner 1995, Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

Psychoda (Psychomora) trinodulosa Tonnoir, 1922

Literature record: Krek (1999).

Psychoda (Tinearia) alternata Say, 1824

Literature records: Krek (1999), Wagner (2004).

Tribe Paramormiini

* Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893)

First records for Croatia: Rijeka, Park near Treći Maj shipyard, 26.VI.1995, reared from treehole, 3 ♂, Ø. Håland leg..Glina, Gornji Viduševac, 26.VIII.2009, 2 ♂, GMK & AK leg.

Comments. Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893) was at one time a cosmotropical species, but has in recent years expanded its distributional area far to the North (Boumans 2009, Ježek et al. 2012). In temperate Europe, it is most commonly found in anthropogenic habitats such as bathrooms, sewage treatment plants, hospitals and waste dumps; it was therefore not considered to be a biodiversity hazard. Recent studies, however, have shown it to be able to breed in natural habitats such as treeholes also in temperate Europe (Ježek et al. 2012). Oboña & Ježek (2012) suggested that the species does not pose much of a threat to native tree-hole biodiversity in central Europe because it is not able to overwinter here; however this needs further research. If C. albipunctata is able to outcompete other species in their breeding seasons, this is likely to affect the population sizes of these other species and thus increase these species' extinction risks. However, since C. albipunctata is identifiable from photographs alone (Boumans 2009), it can be monitored with relative ease. C. albipunctata appears to be very common throughout Croatia, although its distribution is not properly documented from most of the country. Amateur insect photographers can contribute greatly to mapping the distribution of this invasive pest species (Boumans 2009).

Krek (1999) does not cover C. albipunctata , suggesting that the species is a relatively recent immigrant to the Balkan peninsula. Our oldest records are from the mediterranean region of Istria, Croatia, where the species was found to breed in treeholes already in 1995 (Øyvind Håland, pers.comm.). In Krek (1999), C. albipuncata keys to Mormia Enderlein because of nodiform flagellomeres, paired branched ascoids, gonapophyses absent and hypandrium developed. It can easily be distinguished from the Mormia group of genera on many different characters, including the eyebridge with four facets rows, the wing lacking a connection between R2+3 and R4 and the surstylus elongate with a distal cluster of about 15 very short tenacula. For figures, see Vaillant (1971), Ibañez- Bernal (2008) or Ježek & van Harten (2009).

* Lepiseodina tristis (Meigen, 1810)

First confirmed record for Croatia: Zagreb, Park Maksimir, 1.V.1995. Reared from treehole, 1 ♂, Ø. Håland leg.

Comments. Lepiseodina tristis (Meigen, 1810) breeds exclusively in treeholes and might be threatened from competition with Clogmia albipunctata . Langhoffer (1917) listed it as occuring in Zagreb, but as we have not seen his specimens and Psychodid taxonomy still was very imperfectly explored when he published his article we do not consider his records reliable. In Krek (1999), Lepiseodina tristis keys to Telmatoscopus Eaton, 1904 . Species of the genus Lepiseodina Enderlein, 1937 can be distinguished from Telmatoscopus on the presence of an elongate, unpaired aedeagal appendage (see e.g. Ježek 1990, fig. 63–64).

* Jungiella valachia (Vaillant, 1963)

First records for Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National park, Spring of Bijela rijeka (E 15° 33' 43" N 44° 50' 05"), VII.2010, emergence trap P5, 1 ♂; same, 28.VI.2007, emergence trap P6, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. Jungiella valachia is a Central and South European species. Previous records from the Balkans are from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia (Krek 1999).

Panimerus notabilis (Eaton, 1893)

Literature record: Krek (1999). New record: Petrinja, Novo Selište, near River Kupa. 45.441043 N, 16.241605 E. (E 16° 13' 57" N 45° 26' 49"), 28.IV–14. V.2011, 5 ♂, AK & GMK leg.

* Panimerus unae Krek, 1977

First record for Croatia: Petrinja, Novo Selište, near River Kupa. 45.441043 N, 16.241605 E. (E 16° 13' 57" N 45° 26' 49"), 28.IV–14. V.2011, 15 ♂, AK & GMK leg.

Comments. Panimerus unae is previously only known from Bosnia & Herzegovina and the Czech Republic (Krek 1999, Ježek et al. 2005).

* Parajungiella longicornis (Tonnoir, 1919)

First record for Croatia: Petrinja, Novo Selište, near River Kupa. 45.441043 N, 16.241605 E. (E 16° 13' 57" N 45° 26' 49"), 28.IV–14. V.2011, 1 ♂, AK & GMK leg.

Comments. Parajungiella longicornis is widespread in Europe North to Norway and Finland. In the Balkans it has been recorded from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Greece (Ježek & Goutner 1995, Krek 1999)

Peripsychoda auriculata (Curtis, 1839)

Literature record: Krek (1999). New record: Dalmatia, Radmanove Mlinice, River Cetina (E 16° 45' 11" N 43° 26' 16"), 19.VII.2005, 1 ♂, MI leg.

* Telmatoscopus britteni Tonnoir, 1940

First record for Croatia: Slavonia, Papuk Nature park, Dubočanka stream (E 17° 40' 42" N 45° 29' 11"), 13.VI.2012, 1 ♂, MI leg.

Comments. This species is widely distributed in Central and Southern Europe, including Bosnia & Herzegovina and Slovenia (Krek 1999, Ježek 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Pneumia mutua (Eaton) male wing.