Sperchonopsis procera Láska, 1965,

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Sperchonopsis procera Láska, 1965 stat. nov.

Sperchonopsis verrucosa procera Láska, 1965

Sperchonopsis phreaticus Biesiadka, 1975 , nov. syn.

Material examined: Type series (part.) ex. Moravian Museum, Brno, as syntypes, 2 specimens on 1 slide, registr. number 1570/1SM 47: Sperchonopsis procera Cis 1570 2 Ƥ. 1495-1, Slovakia, Miloňovsky potok u Vcl. Karlovic (Becva) 13.8.1964 leg. Láska; Sperchonopsis procera Montenegro, YU 66, Crkvine. R. Bistrica. Karaman/Chappuis dig 30.09.2006, coll. Pešić & Gerecke, (1/1/0). Gerecke det.

Description: The descriptions and figures provided by Láska (1965) and Biesiadka (1975) adequately define S. procera .

Discussion: Laska (1965) based his description of S. procera on three females (syntypes) collected from two streams, the Velká Bielá Voda in Slovakia (Ƥ, 18.7.58) and the Miloňovsky in Moravia (2Ƥ, 13.8.64). Comparison of the two female specimens from Moravia with the 3 and Ƥ from Montenegro and the original descriptions by Laska (1965) for S. verrucosa procera and Biesiadka (1975) for S. phreaticus indicated their conspecificity. Thus S. phreaticus Biesiadka should be considered a junior synonym of S. procera Láska.