Velia (Plesiovelia) mariae Tamanini, 1971

Velia (Plesiovelia) helenae Tamanini, 1970 (junior homonym of Velia helenae Hungerford, 1929)

Material examined. Tzanata, stream, ca. 90 m a.s.l., 38.15069° N 20.73826° E (WGS84; uncertainty = 100 m), 23.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 20 ♂♂, 21 ♀♀ apt., 15 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ macr. CFCF; idem, 1 ♀ macr., CFCC; idem, 1 ♀ macr. CFGR; Kateleios, stream, 35 m a.s.l., 38.07759° N 20.75291° E (WGS84; uncertainty = 15 m), 25.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ apt., 1 ♀ macr., CFCF ; Karavomylos, Melissani Cave, Limni (= lake) Melissani, 25 m a.s.l., 38.25698° N 20.62365° E (WGS84; uncertainty = 15 m), 26.VII.2018, F. Cianferoni, F. Graziani, F. Ceccolini leg., 4 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ apt., CFCF .

General distribution. This species occurs widely in the Balkan Peninsula (Greece, Bulgaria, European Turkey), including some major Greek islands; in the Ionian islands it was recorded in Lefkada (Csabai et al. 2017). However, a more precise distribution of this species extending to Asia still needs to be defined. In addition to Balkans, this species was recorded from Asian Turkey and Iran (Samin et al. 2011), but the latter record needs confirmation (Aukema et al. 2013, Csabai et al. 2017).

Remarks. This is the first record for Cephalonia. The status of Velia mariae, previously misidentified with the Cretan endemic V. r. rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, has recently been clarified by Csabai et al. (2017) and Berchi et al. (2018b).