Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 27 No.1

Elmis rietscheli Steffan, 1958 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) u Hrvatskoj: prvi nalaz i DNA barkodiranje

Authors: Vlatka Mičetić Stanković, Branka Bruvo Mađarić, Manfred A. Jäch, Mladen Kučinić

Authors and affiliation

  • Vlatka Mičetić Stanković Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Branka Bruvo Mađarić Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Manfred A. Jäch Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria
  • Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Elmis rietscheli Steffan, 1958 (Coleoptera: Elmidae) is a typical inhabitant of cold springs and small streams in the mountainous areas of Central Europe. Recently, three specimens of E. rietscheli were collected in the source area of the Šumi, a stream flowing from Mt. Ivanščica, northern Croatia. The morphological identification of the specimens was confirmed by DNA barcoding. This is the first record of E. rietscheli from Croatia, and it represents the southernmost record for this species known to date.

Keywords

DNA sequencing, COI, faunistics, new record, species, crenal, riffle beetles