Brachyptera berkii Kazancı, 2001

Darilmaz, Mustafa Cemal, Salur, Ali, Murányi, Dávid & Vinçon, Gilles, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Turkish stoneflies with annotated catalogue (Insecta: Plecoptera), Zootaxa 4074 (1), pp. 1-74 : 40

Brachyptera berkii Kazancı, 2001

Type country and locality. Turkey, Uludağ (Bursa) ( Kazancı 2001).

Material. Muğla, Mentese, Menteşe dağları, 820 m, 24.05.1992, 1 ♀ (Si). Bursa, Uludağ, 1100 m, 4.06.1992, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Soğukpınar yolu, 1200 m, 4.06.1992, 1 ♂, 6 ♀; 11 km SW Oylat, Saadet, Köyü, 1000 m, 19.05.1994, 3 ♂ (Si). İzmir, Salihli—Birgi, 20 km from Ödemiş, 800 m, 22.05.1992, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (Ma). Aydın, Nazilli, 5 km S Bozdogğan, 600 m, 23.05.1992, 1 ♀ (Ma). Muğla, Menteşe, 820 m, 24.05.1992, 4 ♀ (Ma). Bursa: Uludağ, 1600– 1800 m, 4.06.1992, 2 ♀; Uludağ, 7 km NW Soğukpınar yolu, 1200 m, 4.06.1992, 13 ♂, 14 ♀; Uludağ, 1 km N Sogukpınar yolu, 1000 m, 4.06.1992, 1 ♀ (Ma). Aydın, Nazilli: Hasköy—Samailli, 6.05.1997, 3 ♂, 5 ♀; İzmir> Beydağ, 7.05.1997, 11 ♂, 7 ♀ + 3 ex (Vi). İzmir, Ödemiş> Bozdağ, tor., 7.05.1997, 3 ♂, 9 ♀ (Vi). Bursa, 8 km <Uludağ, tor., 8.05.1997, 2 ♂, 1 ♀; road to Soğukpınar, 8.05.1997, 5 ♂, 7 ♀; S Çekirge, 450 m, 8.05.1997, 1 ♀ (Vi).

Distribution in Turkey. Bursa ( Kazancı 2001); country record only: listed from Turkey (Kazancı 2008); Büyük Menderes Nehri ( Kazancı 2009a). Map ( Fig. 78).

Distribution and ecology. Turkish micro-endemic species of western Anatolia (Muğla—Bursa). A orophilic species occurring in various types of mountain streams (450–1800 m). Adults emerge in spring (V–VI).