<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Morphological and ecological features of <em>Drusus</em> larvae from the <em>D. bosnicus</em> Group on the Balkan Peninsula with description of the larva of <em>Drusus klapaleki</em> Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1971</strong></p>

Abstract

Drusus klapaleki Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1971, is distributed in central Bosnia and Herzegovina and it belongs to the D. bosnicus Group. In the Balkan Peninsula, the D. bosnicus Group consists of 9 taxa with allopatric distribution. This study has 2 objectives. One is to describe the morphological characters of the Drusus klapaleki larva. Another objective is to find certain morphological and ecological features to larvae of the species belonging to the D. bosnicus Group from the Balkan Peninsula.

Larval description of Drusus bosnicus Klapálek 1899 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), with distributional, molecular and ecological features

“…Larval morphological features were analysed according to Wiggins (1996) and Kučinić et al . (2010, 2011a, 2011b). Systematic presentation follows Morse (2015).…”

“…So far, larvae of 5 species of the Drusus bosnicus Group from the Balkan Peninsula have been described: Drusus klapaleki Marinković-Gospodnetić 1971a, Drusus medianus Marinković-Gospodnetić 1976, Drusus radovanovici Marinković-Gospodnetić 1971a, Drusus ramae Marinković-Gospodnetić 1971a, and Drusus septentrionis Marinković-Gospodnetić 1976 (Kučinić et al . 2008, 2010, 2011a, 2011b).…”

Larval morphology and phylogenetic position of Drusus balcanicus, D. botosaneanui, D. serbicus and D. tenellus (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae)

“…The larva of Drusus serbicus is similar to six Drusinae species from the Balkan Peninsula where a small field of spinules (= small spines approximately 0.03 mm long) is present posterior of the eyes (Figs 1E, F). Due to the recent detailed descriptions given by Kučinić et al (2008, 2010, 2011a, b, 2014) and Previšić et al (2009), D. serbicus can be integrated in the following dichotomous key: 1 Head with flat vertex (Fig. 4A) Drusus bosnicus Klapálek, 1899 -Vertex evenly rounded (e.g., Fig.…”

The larvae of <i>Drusus franzressli</i> Malicky 1974 and <i>Drusus spelaeus</i> (Ulmer 1920) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae: Drusinae) with notes on ecology and zoogeography

“…The recent Drusinae inventory comprises 97 species, 30 of which are reported from the Alps, 34 from the Balkan Peninsula (including many endemics), 17 from south and southwestern Europe (Apennine, Iberia, Corsica, Pyrenees, southern France), and 16 form Asia Minor and the Caucasus (Graf et al 2008; Malicky 2004, 2005a; Olah 2010, 2011). From this large inventory, larvae from only 41 species (42%) were described so far and could be included in keys (Botosaneanu 1959; Décamps & Pujol 1975; Despax 1927; Graf et al 2011; Kučinić et al 2008, 2010, 2011a, b; Moretti & Pirisinu 1981; Moretti, 1983; Previsic et al 2009; Sipahiler 2002; Szczesny 1978; Vieira-Lanero 2000; Vieira-Lanero et al 2005; Waringer et al 2008, 2010; Waringer & Graf 2011).…”