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      A new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from Albania

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          Background

          Although studies of the entomofauna of the Balkan Peninsula have increased in quantity and intensity over the course of the last decades, many areas are still not fully investigated regarding their faunistic inventory.

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          As a result of a field trip in the Vjosa catchment in 2023, a new species of the genus Protonemura Kempny, 1898 ( Plecoptera , Nemouridae , Amphinemurinae ) is described from Albania, Protonemura eclipsis sp. nov. from a holotype male, collected from the District of Tepelenë, Bënçë River. The new species is compared and differentiated from related species, namely Protonemura albanica Raušer, 1963 and Protonemura miatchense Ikonomov, 1983. It differs from congeners clearly by its terminalia, namely the shape of the paraprocts. Images of the new species and of Protonemura albanica are provided.

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              Cryptic diversity of caddisflies in the Balkans: the curious case of Ecclisopteryx species (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae).

              Adults and larvae of two new cryptic, endemic caddisflies, Ecclisopteryx keroveci sp.n. and Ecclisopteryx ivkae sp.n., are described and illustrated from the Western Balkans. Phylogenetic analysis (Bayesian MCMCMC) and association of different life history stages in both cryptic species were achieved through comparison of morphological characters and mitochondrial (mtCOI and mtLSU) and nuclear (nuWG) gene sequence data. The new species form a sister clade to the widely distributed E. dalecarlica and E. guttulata, with which they were formerly misidentified. Adults differ from each other and other species in the genus by the uniquely shaped inferior appendages in males and segment X in females. The larvae differ from each other and their congeners in the shape of the pronotum, and presence and constitution of additional spines on the parietalia. Larvae of both species are grazers and prefer stony substrate. Ecclisopteryx keroveci sp.n. has a wide distribution in the Western Balkans, while E. ivkae sp.n. is endemic to Dalmatia. Our findings demonstrate the significance of the Western Balkans as a freshwater biodiversity hotspot, and accentuate the importance of research focused on freshwater biodiversity and biogeography in southern Europe.
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                Journal
                Biodivers Data J
                Biodivers Data J
                1
                urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:F9B2E808-C883-5F47-B276-6D62129E4FF4
                urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:245B00E9-BFE5-4B4F-B76E-15C30BA74C02
                Biodiversity Data Journal
                Pensoft Publishers
                1314-2836
                1314-2828
                2024
                21 August 2024
                : 12
                : e129725
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Institut für Hydrobiologie und Gewässermanagement, Wien, Austria Institut für Hydrobiologie und Gewässermanagement Wien Austria
                Author notes
                Corresponding author: Pia Teufl ( pia.teufl@ 123456boku.ac.at ).

                Academic editor: Jean-Luc Gattolliat

                Article
                129725 25238
                10.3897/BDJ.12.e129725
                11358612
                39210958
                4c08de89-1f97-4390-830f-c254030d7098
                Pia Teufl, Wolfram Graf

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                : 14 June 2024
                : 09 July 2024
                Page count
                Figures: 4, Tables: 0, References: 20
                Categories
                Taxonomy & Inventories
                Plecoptera
                Nemouridae
                Systematics
                Taxonomy
                Albania

                albania,bënçë,new species,protonemuracorsicana species group, protonemuraeclipsis ,tepelenë district

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