Siphonoperla graeca ( Aubert, 1956 )

Murányi, Dávid, 2007, New and little – known stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Albania and the neighbouring countries, Zootaxa 1533, pp. 1-40 : 29-30

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scientific name

Siphonoperla graeca ( Aubert, 1956 )
status

 

Siphonoperla graeca ( Aubert, 1956) View in CoL stat. n. ( Figs 86–90 View FIGURES 86 – 90 )

Chloroperla neglecta graeca Aubert, 1956 View in CoL — Aubert 1956: 211 –213. ( Greece, Metsovon: ♂ holotype, Ψ allotype, 4♂ paratypes)

Siphonoperla neglecta graeca ( Aubert, 1956) View in CoL — Ikonomov 1969: 21. ( Macedonia)

Siphonoperla neglecta graeca ( Aubert, 1956) View in CoL — Kaċanski 1971a: 88. ( Bosnia – Herzegovina)

Siphonoperla neglecta graeca ( Aubert, 1956) View in CoL —Sivec 1980: 12. ( Bosnia – Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia)

Siphonoperla neglecta graeca ( Aubert, 1956) View in CoL — Ikonomov 1986: 113. ( Macedonia)

Material: ALBANIA: Shkodër County, Prokletije Mountains, stream along the conjunction to Pejë Pass from the Bogë–Okol road, N 42°24.496’ E 19°45.271’, 1009 m, 30.05.2005, leg. KB, ZB, DM, DP: 1Ψ; Shkodër County, Prokletije Mountains, stream with a waterfall along the Theth–Okol road, N 42°24.137’ E 19°45.791’, 900 m, 0 3.06.2005, leg. KB, ZB, DM, DP: 2♂ 4Ψ, 1 larva, 2 exuviae (1 exuviae prepared for SEM).

This species is known from Bosnia – Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Greece. Albanian localities are small karst streams in the Prokletije Mountains. New for the Albanian fauna.

It was described, and hitherto regarded, as a subspecies of S. neglecta . Although the distribution of S. neglecta and S. graeca greatly overlaps ( Fig 102 View FIGURES 100 – 102 ), there are some morphological features that contradict its subspecific classification. Herein, I propose full species status. The penial armature of S. graeca shows more affinity with S. burmeisteri (Pictet) than to S. neglecta . Its medial spine–field has no strong lateral scales, its proximal part is paler and wide, and the apical part of the penis sac between the titillators is well sclerotized. S. burmeisteri has a north–central European distribution and a single Balkan record from Bulgaria ( Braasch & Joost 1976). The Anatolian records ( Theischinger 1976a, 1976b, Zwick 1971) surely refer to S. libanica Alouf , given the geographic affinity discussed in its original description ( Alouf 1992).

The Albanian specimens slightly differ from Greek specimens and the original description on the basis of the medial spine–field of the penis being narrower and the epiproct being much wider in dorsal view ( Figs 86– 88 View FIGURES 86 – 90 ). Because larvae of Siphonoperla are extremely difficult to determine, even in final instars (Zwick 2004), I do not describe the previously unknown larva of S. graeca , only show the distinct colour pattern of the head and the pronotum, in comparison with the imago ( Figs 89–90 View FIGURES 86 – 90 ).

Alouf, N. J. (1992) Description de deux Plecopteres du Liban: Capnia bicornata n. sp. et Siphonoperla libanica n. sp. (Insecta: Plecoptera). Senckenbergiana biologica, 72, 173 - 177.

Aubert, J. (1956) Contribution a l'etude des Plecopteres de Grece. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 29, 187 - 213.

Braasch, D. & Joost, W. (1976) 11. Beitrag zur Plecopterenfauna Bulgariens. Entomologische Nachrichten, 20, 25 - 28.

Ikonomov, P. (1969) Contribution a la connaisance des larves des Plecopteres de Macedoine. Annales de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite Skopje, 21, 5 - 29.

Ikonomov, P. (1986) Plecopteres de Macedoine (Insecta, Plecoptera). Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, 18, 81 - 124.

Kacanski, D. (1971 a) Fauna Plecoptera u podrucju planina Maglic, Volujak i Zelengora. Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja u Sarajevo, 9, 67 - 91.

Theischinger, G. (1976 a) Steinfliegen (Plecoptera) aus Anatolien und Iran. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeneinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen, 27, 105 - 114.

Theischinger, G. (1976 b) Weitere steinfliegen (Plecoptera) aus Anatolien und Iran. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeneinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen, 28, 49 - 54.

Zwick, P. (1971) Plecoptera aus Anatolien und benachbarten Gebieten. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 44, 233 - 264.

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FIGURES 86 – 90. Imago and larva of Siphonoperla graeca (Aubert) – 86: penial armature, dorsal view; 87: male epiproct, dorsal view; 88: male epiproct, lateral view; 89: head and pronotum of the imago; 90: head and pronotum of the larva – scale 0.5 mm, Figs 86 – 88 not to scale

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FIGURES 100 – 102. Ditsributional maps — 100: Nemoura peristeri group; 101: Nemoura vinconi sp. n. and N. zwicki; 102: Siphonoperla graeca stat. n., S. neglecta and S. burmeisteri in the Balkans

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Plecoptera

Family

Chloroperlidae

Genus

Siphonoperla