Paracladopelma mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937)

Bitušík, Peter, Novikmec, Milan, Svitok, Marek & Hamerlík, Ladislav, 2024, New faunistic records of chironomids and phantom midges (Diptera, Chironomidae and Chaoboridae) from Ukraine indicate recent climatic refugia in the Eastern Carpathians, ZooKeys 1211, pp. 349-367 : 349-367

Paracladopelma mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937)

Material examined.

2 pupal exuvia, Rika River (S 6), 7 May 2018 ; 1 pupal exuvium, Tisa River (S 12), 8 May 2018 .

Distribution.

Palaearctic. The species was recorded only from a few countries in Europe (e. g., Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Portugal, France, Germany, Romania) and North Africa ( Morocco, Lebanon).

Habitat.

It is a rheophilic species inhabiting fast-flowing streams and rivers ( Moller Pillot 2009). Although Calle-Martínez and Casas (2006) listed the species in a chironomid community usually associated with low-temperature or torrential mountain streams, our finding from Tisa River and other records from large lowland rivers ( Gandouin et al. 2006; Klink 2010) indicate that the species does not have as strict cold temperature preferences as though previously ( Ringe 1974).

Remarks.

Laville and Vinçon (1986) considered the species to be a Mediterranean-Palaearctic element whose northern limit is located in the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians.