Capnopsis schilleri archaica Zwick 1984

Previous records from Turkey: Kazanci (1994, 2008).

Material examined. Rize, Ovitdagi gecidi, Southern slope of the pass, 2600 m, 40°48'E / 40°37'N, 12-V-97, 3♂, 2♀ (Vinçon coll.)

Ecology. Orophilic, stenothermic cold water species. It occurs in high altitude brooks and rivers up to 2600 m a.s.l. in the eastern Pontic Mountains. The adults emerge in spring (III-VI) and summer (VIII).

Distribution. Caucasus, Armenia, and Northern Anatolia, where it occurs in the Pontic Mountains from Kars to Bolu (Fig. 12).