Potamophylaxkosovaensis sp. nov. (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new species of the Potamophylaxwinneguthi species cluster from the Iber River Basin in Kosovo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Potamophylaxwinneguthi species cluster comprises species with limited distribution, currently documented from Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria.

New information

In this paper, we describe a new species, Potamophylaxkosovaensis sp. nov., discovered in two tributaries of the Ibër River Basin, within the Kopaonik Mountains of the Republic of Kosovo. Morphologically, males of this species closely resemble those of P.idliri Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Kučinić, 2022 from Serbia's Jastrebac Mountain and P.humoinsapiens Ibrahimi & Bilalli, 2023 from the Sharr Mountains in the Republic of Kosovo. However, the new species can be distinguished by its smaller aedeagus, thicker and differently-shaped parameres, as well as distinctive p

SUBMITTER: Ibrahimi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11016160 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature