Pedicia (Pedicia) rivosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kolcsar, Levente-Peter, d'Oliveira, Micha Camiel, Graf, Wolfram, Quindroit, Clovis, Watanabe, Kozo & Ivkovic, Marija, 2023, New records for the Western Balkans cranefly fauna (Diptera, Tipuloidea) with the description of a new Baeoura Alexander (Diptera, Limoniidae), ZooKeys 1157, pp. 1-42 : 1

59. Pedicia (Pedicia) rivosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined.

Croatia • 1 female; Ličko-Senjska county, Končarev Kraj, Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes ; 44.83472°N, 15.56194°E; alt. 720 m; 29 May 2018; emergence trap, P5 • 1 female; same locality; 28 June 2020; emergence trap, P1; leg. M. Ivković; CKLP .

Comments.

A relative common and easily recognizable species. Larvae are aquatic and the species can be found around springs and streams, from lowlands to high mountains. Appears to be a very rare species in southern part of Europe and found only in humid mountains in the Western Balkans. Here we present the first records from Croatia.