On some Plecoptera from southern Spain

Abstract

Two new taxa from the Province of Cordoba, Brachyptera vera cordubensis nov. ssp. and Capnioneura gelesae nov. sp., are described and illustrated. The phyletic relationships of Leuctra andalusiaca Aubert are discussed. Sur quelques Plécoptères du Sud de l'Espagne Les auteurs décrivent et figurent deux taxons nouveaux de la Province de Cordoba, Brachyptera vera cordubensis nov. ssp. et Capnioneura gelesae nov. sp., et ils discutent des relations phylétiques de Leuctra andalusiaca Aubert. The stoneflies of the Province of Cordoba have been studied by Aubert {1963 a, b) and more recently by Puig & Ferreras (1983). The material collected in this province by one of us (M.B.R.) includes two new taxa and an Iberian endemic species of Leuctra, L. andalusiaca, whose phyletic relationships are discussed below.

Nymphal biology of Capnioneura gelesae Berthélemy & Baena, 1984 (Plecoptera, Capniidae) in temporary streams of the Sierra Morena (southern Spain)

“…Other Nemouroidea stoneflies of temporary waters also present a similar life cycle with a fast developmental period, such as Nemoura lacustris Pictet, 1865 (López-Rodríguez & Tierno de Figueroa, 2005), Rhabdiopteryx christinae Theischinger, 1975(López-Rodríguez & Tierno de Figueroa, 2006 and Brachyptera vera cordubensis Berthélemy & Baena, 1984(López-Rodríguez et al, 2009a. This convergence in the life cycles of these distantly related species highlights the importance of environmental conditions in the modulation of the strategies of these species and the constraints the habitat imposes on them.…”

“…The genus Capnioneura Ris, 1905, within the family Capniidae, is distributed in the western Palearctic and includes 15 species, six of which are present in the Iberian Peninsula (DeWalt et al, 2016). Among the Iberian species, three, C. gelesae Berthélemy & Baena, 1984, C. libera (Navás, 1909 and C. petitpierreae Aubert, 1961, are components of the thermophilous association (Tierno de Figueroa et al, 2003;Luzón-Ortega, 2002).…”

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Nymphal biology of Capnioneura gelesae Berthélemy & Baena, 1984 (Plecoptera, Capniidae) in temporary streams of the Sierra Morena (southern Spain)We present the results of a study of the life cycle and nymphal feeding of the stonefly Capnioneura gelesae Berthélemy & Baena, 1984 in two temporary streams of the Sierra Morena (southern Iberian Peninsula). The species has a fast-seasonal univoltine life cycle at both sites, but the diet differs depending on the stream.

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