Brachyptera risi ( Morton, 1896 )

Darilmaz, Mustafa Cemal, Salur, Ali, Murányi, Dávid & Vinçon, Gilles, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Turkish stoneflies with annotated catalogue (Insecta: Plecoptera), Zootaxa 4074 (1), pp. 1-74 : 41

Brachyptera risi ( Morton, 1896)

First record from Turkey.

Material. Kırklareli, Istranca Dağları, stream in alder gallery along the Demirköy–Dupnisa mağarasi road, 445 m, N41°50.123’ E27°39.666’, 0 7.04.2007, 3 ♂, 5 ♀, 7 larvae (Mur).

Distribution and ecology. A European species that occurs in middle-sized and large streams, mainly in the submontane zone. Not known from the Caucasus. In the Balkans, this species reaches Macedonia ( Ikonomov 1986) but not yet known from neighbouring Greece and Bulgaria. Map ( Fig. 80).