Leuctra bronislawi Sowa, 1970

Murányi, Dávid, Kovács, Tibor & Orci, Kirill Márk, 2014, New country records and further data to the stonefly (Plecoptera) fauna of southeast Macedonia, Ecologica Montenegrina 1 (2), pp. 64-77 : 68-70

Leuctra bronislawi Sowa, 1970

( Fig. 3E–F )

Macedonia: Valandovo municipality, Plavuš Hills , Valandovo, Vodenic Stream at Motel Izvor, N (above) of the city, 260 m, N41°19.636’ E22°33.327’, 04.10.2013, leg. TK, DM : 1♂ 2♀ ( HNHM: PLP4517 ), 11♂ 6♀ ( MM: 2013-93); same locality, 20- 22.02.2014, leg. DA, LD, TK, DM: 2♀ ( HNHM: PLP4579 ; found dead in garden lamps), 1♂ 3♀ ( MM: 2014-29).

A Carpatho-Balcanian autumnal species that is rather frequent in areas of Mediterranean climate all over the Balkans. However, it had never been found in early spring before. Its phenology at Motel Izvor was similar to L. graeca , adults were present probably during the whole cold season.

Figures

Figure 3. Terminalia of the spring emergingLeuctra fuscagroup specimens:A – L. fusca fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) male, dorsal view;B – L. fusca fusca male, lateral view;C – L. graecaZwick, 1978 male, dorsal view;D – L. graecafemale, ventral view;E – L. bronislawi Sowa, 1970 male, dorsal view;F – L. bronislawifemale, ventral view. Scale bar 1 mm.