“…The caddisfly fauna of the Republic of North Macedonia has not been consistently researched, resulting in limited knowledge regarding the diversity and distribution of this aquatic insect order. Although investigations of Macedonian caddisflies started almost nighty years ago (Radovanović 1935(Radovanović , 1943, only few studies focused on the order Trichoptera over the upcoming years (Botosaneanu 1960;Pavlovski 1984Pavlovski , 1991Arsov 1991;Kumanski 1997;Kumanski & Malicky 1999). Significant progress has been achieved in recent years, particularly as certain areas have undergone more comprehensive investigation (Oláh 2010(Oláh , 2011Oláh et al 2013aOláh et al , 2013bOláh et al , 2015Oláh et al , 2018Oláh et al , 2019Oláh & Kovács 2013Kučinić et al 2016;Vitecek et al 2015aVitecek et al , 2015bVitecek et al , 2015cWaringer et al 2015;Rimcheska et al 2015;Slavevska-Stamenković et al 2016;Bilalli et al 2018Bilalli et al , 2019Slavevska-Stamenković et al 2020, 2021.…”