Ecological divergence of Chaetopteryx rugulosa species complex (Insecta, Trichoptera) linked to climatic niche diversification

DNA barcoding and a new taxonomic status of the Triaenodes ochreellus lefkas Malicky, 1974 (Insecta, Trichoptera) with new distribution data

“…DNA barcoding is a very useful method in the study of biodiversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and phylogeography of different groups of organisms (e.g. Brehm et al 2019;Cárdenas et al 2013;Elías-Gutiérrez et al 2008;Guo et al 2016;Huemer et al 2020;Léger et al 2020;Tyagi et al 2017;Yang et al 2016), including Trichoptera (Kučinić et al 2016(Kučinić et al , 2017(Kučinić et al , 2019aSzivák et al 2017;Santos et al 2016;Valladolid et al 2018Valladolid et al , 2019Vitecek et al 2020). In many studies, DNA barcoding has aided morphological identification of different taxa (Ćukušić et al 2017;Kučinić et al 2019bKučinić et al , 2020, but also enabled the discovery of new species (Brehm et al 2019;Dela Cruz et al 2016;Graf et al 2012;Kučinić et al 2013;Léger et al 2020;Tyagi et al 2017;Vaglia et al 2008).…”

First systematic investigation of adults and second checklist of caddisflies of the Plitvice Lakes National Park with notes on research history, biodiversity, distribution and ecology

“…, 2013bIvković et al,. , 2015Previšić et al, 2013;Šemnički et al, 2011Vilenica et al, 2017aVilenica et al, , 2017b as well as in other localities in Croatia (Krka National Park, ; Banovina region, Kučinić et al, 2013;Szivák et al, 2017;spring Škodilovac in Slavonia, S. Žalac & A. Delić unpublished data) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (spring Bistrica in Livno, M. Kučinić, S. Žalac unpublished data).…”

“…Additionally, species from the family Glossostomatidae were restricted to the same aquatic habitats (crenal part of streams) while, for instance, Tinodes unicolor Pictet is a specialist at tufa barriers (Edington & Hildrew, 1995). Chaetopteryx bucari Kučinić, Szivák & Delić and many other species from the genus Chaetopteryx (including C. fusca Brauer and C. gonospina Marinković-Gospodnetić found at the Plitvice Lakes) have adaptations to small streams and springs (Kučinić et al, 2013;Szivák et al, 2017) while E. tenellus Rambur is a well known specialist of large rivers and lakes, like most species of family Hydroptilidae and Limnephilidae, for instance (Hickin, 1967;Graf et al, 2008b). Ecological speciation (Nosil, 2012) is a very important process for speciation, evolution and biodiversity of life on Earth, including also freshwater organisms (Pauls et al, 2008).…”

Biodiversity, DNA barcoding data and ecological traits of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) in the catchment area of the Mediterranean karst River Cetina (Croatia)

“…This is a caddisfly species characteristic for springs, Annitella apfelbecki, recorded only in October, November and December and only at CS (Vučković et al 2011;Waringer et al 2009). The appearance of certain groups of hexapoda (Collembola, Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera) in winter is very interesting and requires a lot of species adaptation to very low air temperatures in which they have to move, reproduce, lay eggs and perform other metabolic functions (Hågvar 2010;Szivák et al 2017).…”