Protonemura vernalis Zhiltzova, 1958

Distribution in Turkey. Rize (Zwick 1978a); Rize (Vinçon & Sivec 2001); country record only: listed from Turkey (Kazancı 1983b; Vinçon & Zhiltzova 2004; Kazancı 2008). Map (Fig. 62).

Distribution and ecology. The range of this Caucasian species barely extends into the eastern Turkish Pontus. Strongly orophilic, stenothermal cold water species occurring in very high brooks and springs (2430–2700 m). Adults emerge in spring (VI).