Calamoceras illiesi ( Malicky & Kumanski, 1974 )

Memishishi, Aleksi, Dzuliashvili, Kristina & Japoshvili, Bella, 2025, The first record of Calamoceras illiesi Malicky & Kumanski, 1974 (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae) and confirmation of the occurrence of Mystacides azureus Linnaeus, 1761 (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae) from Georgia, Caucasiana 4, pp. 165-171 : 165-171

Calamoceras illiesi ( Malicky & Kumanski, 1974)

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Material examined.

GEORGIA • 2 ♀♀, 17 larvae; Sachkhere, Kvereti Managed Reserve , N 42.37408, E 43.43789; 1774 a. s. l.; small, unnamed mountain brook (Fig. 5 ); 05.25. 24; leg: Memishishi A. and Dzuliashvili K.

Remarks.

C. illiesi is recorded in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Türkiye, and North-Western Russia ( Evtimova and Kenderov 2016). In the Caucasus, the genus is represented by a single species, C. illiesi , which occurs in the Western Caucasus (Novorossiysk and Sochi) and in the North Caucasus (the southwest of Dagestan) (Ivanov 2011).

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Figure 5. Habitat of Calamoceras illiesi in Georgia.

Figure 1–4. Calamoceras illiesi (1: incased larvae, lateral view; 2: larvae, dorsal view; 3: imago, female, lateral view). Mystacides azureus (4: male genitalia, lateral view). Scale bars: 5 mm (1–3); 1 mm (4).