Rhyacophila anatolica Ekingen & Valladolid, 2024

Valladolid, Maria, Ekingen, Pinar, Arauzo, Mercedes, Dorda, Beatriz A. & Rey, Isabel, 2024, The Rhyacophila fasciata Species Complex (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) in Turkey with description of a new species, Rhyacophila anatolica Ekingen & Valladolid, sp. nov., based on morphological, genetic, and ecological evidence, Zootaxa 5537 (3), pp. 301-324 : 306

Rhyacophila anatolica Ekingen & Valladolid , sp. nov.

Introduction: This species has been found in northern Turkey, mainly in the western and middle part of the Black Sea Region of Anatolia.

Derivatio nominis: Derived from the name of the area ( Anatolia) of Turkey where the new species has been found.

Material examined:

Holotype ♂: TURKEY (ANA 6), Çitdere, Yenice , Karabük, 41.032ºN, 32.436ºE, 1000 m a.s.l., 06/x/2020, leg. P. Ekingen [RHY–ÖRN7 ( HUTC)]

Paratypes: TURKEY [ HUTC, 38 ♂♂ + 6 ♀♀ + 1 ♂ P + 1 ♀ P + 3 L] ; 21 ♂♂ + 1 ♀, same locality as holotype, 06/x/2020 (P. Ekingen) ; 5 ♂♂ Çitdere, Yenice , Karabük, 06/x/2020 (P. Ekingen) ; 5 ♂♂ Çitdere, Yenice , Karabük, 11/viii/2020 (P. Ekingen) ; 2 ♂♂ ŞimŞir Stream, Yenice , Karabük, 06/x/2020 (P. Ekingen) ; 1 ♂ + 1 ♀, Yedigöller National Park, Şelale , Bolu, 28/x/2023, (P. Ekingen) ; 3 ♂♂ + 4 ♀♀, Yedigöller National Park, Şelalenin yanındaki kol, Bolu, 28/x/2023, (P. Ekingen) ; 1 ♂, Yedigöller National Park, Derin Göl’e dökülen akarsu, Bolu, 28/x/2023 (P. Ekingen) [ HUTC] ; 1 ♂ P + 1 ♀ P, ŞimŞir Stream, Yenice , Karabük, 26/10/2019, (P. Ekingen) ; 3 L, ŞimŞir Stream, Yenice , Karabük, 11/viii/2020, (P. Ekingen) .