Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica Malicky, 1998

Ibrahimi, Halil, Kuci, Ruzhdi, Bilalli, Astrit, Musliu, Milaim, Gashi, Arben, Sinani, Naman & Emerllahu, Besnik, 2019, Distribution of two rare taxa of caddisflies (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae, Polycentropodidae) from the Republic of Kosovo, Biodiversity Data Journal 7, pp. 46466-46466 : 46466

Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica Malicky, 1998

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Halil Ibrahimi, Ruzhdi Kuçi, Astrit Bilalli, Milaim Musliu; individualCount: 5; sex: males; Location: higherGeography: Europe; waterBody: tributary of Lepenc River, Aegean Sea Basi; country: Kosovo; municipality: Hani i Elezit; locality: Dermjak ; verbatimLocality: streamlet above the village, towards the border with the Republic of North Macedonia; decimalLatitude: 42.17264; decimalLongitude: 21.31582; Event: samplingProtocol: UV light trap; samplingEffort: overnight; year: 2017; month: 6; day: 12; fieldNotes: collected with ultraviolet light over the white pan operating from dusk until the next morning; Record Level: institutionCode: University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology; collectionCode: caddisflies of Karadak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Halil Ibrahimi, Ruzhdi Kuçi, Astrit Bilalli, Milaim Musliu; individualCount: 5; sex: males; Location: higherGeography: Europe; waterBody: tributary of Morava e Binçës River, Black Sea basin; country: Kosovo; municipality: Gjilan; locality: Zheger village ; verbatimLocality: streamlet above the village; decimalLatitude: 42.31572; decimalLongitude: 21.53148; Event: samplingProtocol: UV light trap; samplingEffort: overnight; year: 2017; month: 7; day: 14; fieldNotes: collected with ultraviolet light over the white pan operating from dusk until the next morning; Record Level: institutionCode: University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology; collectionCode: caddisflies of Karadak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Halil Ibrahimi, Ruzhdi Kuçi, Astrit Bilalli, Milaim Musliu; individualCount: 5; sex: males; Location: higherGeography: Europe; waterBody: tributary of Morava e Binçës River, Black Sea Basin; country: Kosovo; municipality: Viti; locality: Letinice ; verbatimLocality: stream above the village; decimalLatitude: 42.28727; decimalLongitude: 21.45736; Event: samplingProtocol: UV light trap; samplingEffort: overnight; year: 2017; month: 7; day: 20; fieldNotes: collected with ultraviolet light over the white pan operating from dusk until the next morning; Record Level: institutionCode: University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology; collectionCode: caddisflies of Karadak Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Halil Ibrahimi, Arben Gashi, Besnik Emërllahu, Naman Sinani; individualCount: 4; sex: males; lifeStage: adult; Location: higherGeography: Europe; waterBody: tributary of Lumbardhi i Pejës River, Adriatic Sea basin; country: Kosovo; municipality: Pejë; locality: Drelaj ; verbatimLocality: stream above the village; decimalLatitude: 42.706667; decimalLongitude: 21.18056; Event: samplingProtocol: UV light trap; samplingEffort: overnight; year: 2014; month: 7; day: 14; fieldNotes: collected with ultraviolet light over the white pan operating from dusk until the next morning; Record Level: institutionCode: University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology; collectionCode: caddisflies of Bjeshkët e Nemuna Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Halil Ibrahimi, Arben Gashi, Besnik Emërllahu, Naman Sinani; individualCount: 3; sex: males; lifeStage: adult; Location: higherGeography: Europe; waterBody: tributary of Lumbardhi i Pejës River, Adriatic Sea basin; country: Kosovo; municipality: Pejë; locality: Pepaj ; verbatimLocality: stream above the village; decimalLatitude: 42.700278; decimalLongitude: 20.143889; Event: samplingProtocol: UV light trap; samplingEffort: overnight; year: 2014; month: 9; day: 17; fieldNotes: collected with ultraviolet light over the white pan operating from dusk until the next morning; Record Level: institutionCode: University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Department of Biology; collectionCode: caddisflies of Bjeshkët e Nemuna

Distribution

Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo ( Malicky 2004, Neu et al. 2018, Stanić-Koštroman 2009, Valle 2001).

Ecology

We found that the flight period of this subspecies is from May to September. The subspecies is present at different altitudes, from 620 m up to 1307 m.

Taxon discussion

The shape of male genitalia and especially of parts which are important for subspecies identification (length, shape and curvature of intermediate appendages, shape and size of dorsal and ventral lobes of inferior appendages and shape of inner basal projections) clearly point to the slovenica subspecies ( Malicky 2004).

Notes

Other species associated with Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica in Dërmjak on 12.06.2017 are: Rhyacophila fasciata Hagen, 1859 (4 males), Rhyacophila loxias Schmid, 1970 (11 males, 2 females), Rhyacophila polonica McLachlan, 1879 (7 males and 1 female), (21 males and 2 females), Rhyacophila tristis Pictet, 1834 (2 females), (3 males, 2 females), Glossosoma conformis Neboiss, 1963 (4 males), Synagapetus iridipennis McLachlan, 1879 (1 male); Philopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813) (2 males, 2 females), Plectrocnemia conspersa (Curtis, 1834) (2 males), Polycentropus excicus Klapálek 1894 (1 male), Polycentropus flavomaculatus (Pictet, 1834) (1 male, 2 females), Psychomyia klapaleki Malicky, 1995 (1 male, 3 females), Psychomyia pusilla (Fabricius, 1781) (5 males, 3 females), Lype reducta (Hagen, 1868) (1 male), Tinodes rostocki McLachlan, 1878 (1 male), Tinodes unicolor (Pictet, 1834) (1 male), Potamophylax luctuosus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) (2 males), Silo graellsii Pictet, 1865 (12 males, 15 females) and Oecismus monedula (Hagen, 1859) (8 males, 3 females).

Other species associated with Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica in Zhegër on 14.07.2017 are: Rhyacophila fasciata Hagen, 1859 (4 males), Rhyacophila tristis Pictet, 1834 (2 males, 2 females), Philopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813) (1 male), Hydropsyche fulvipes Curtis, 1834 (2 males); Hydropsyche saxonica McLachlan, 1884 (5 males) and Oecismus monedula (Hagen, 1859) (2 males).

Other species associated with Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica in Letnicë on 20.07.2017 are: Rhyacophila fasciata Hagen, 1859 (3 males), Philopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813) (2 males) and Hydropsyche instabilis (Curtis, 1834) (4 males) (12 males).

Other species associated with Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica in Drelaj on 14.07.2014 are: Plectrocnemia mojkovacensis Malicky, 1982 (1 male), Limnephilus sparsus Curtis, 1834 (1 male) and Micropterna sequax McLachlan, 1875 (1 male).

Other species associated with Polycentropus ierapetra slovenica in Pepa on 17.09.2014 are: Rhyacophila armeniaca Guerin-Meneville, 1843 (3 males, 2 females), Rhyacophila palmeni McLachlan 1879 (2 males) and Ecclisopteryx keroveci Previšić, Graf & Vitecek (1 male, 3 females).