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Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 28 No.2

DNA barkodiranje porodice Phryganeidae (Insecta, Trichoptera) u Hrvatskoj, s posebnim osvrtom na filogeniju, rasprostranjenost i konzervacijsku biologiju

Authors: Mladen Kučinić, Anđela Ćukušić, Darko Cerjanec, Martina Podnar, Mladen Plantak, Sanja Žalac, Renata Ćuk, Ivan Vučković, Halil Ibrahimi, Antun Delić

Authors and affiliation

  • Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Anđela Ćukušić Ministry of Environment and Energy, Radnička cesta 80/7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Darko Cerjanec Barilović Primary school, Barilović 96, 47252 Barilović, Croatia
  • Martina Podnar Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Mladen Plantak Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental Protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Sanja Žalac ZSC ”Dr. Ivo Pevalek”, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Josipa Jovića 19, 53231 Plitvička jezera, Croatia
  • Renata Ćuk Hrvatske vode, Central Water Management Laboratory, Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ivan Vučković Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Halil Ibrahimi Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, “Eqrem Qabej” p.n., 10 000 Prishtinë, Kosovo
  • Antun Delić Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 3, 43290 Grubišno Polje, Croatia

Abstract

In Europe the Phryganeidae family comprises 7 genera and 20 species. In Croatia, 6 species have been recorded from this family, and four of them recorded and collected in the last five years have been DNA barcoded. In terms of faunistic research, most interesting is the record of Trichostegia minor Curtis, 1834 from the region of the Gacka River in Lika, in upland Croatia. Up to now four species have been included in the BOLD system with 6 DNA-barcoded specimens. From the Gacka River area, 11 specimens of 8 species, including T. minor, have been barcoded and included into the BOLD system. Phylogenetic research based on DNA barcode data has shown some interesting results. Specimen of T. minor collected in the area of the Gacka River is clustered with a specimen of this species from Austria into a separate subgroup, which shows minor molecular specifics. Phylogenetic analysis has confirmed the justification of the status of a subspecies from Mongolia, Phryganea grandis rotundata Ulmer, 1905. Future Trichoptera fauna research in Croatia will continue investigations of the family Phryganeidae in various parts of the country for the purpose of ascertaining the detailed distribution of all the species recorded, to enable finding some other previously missing species, as well as collecting and DNA barcoding of Hagenella clathrata (Kolenati, 1848) and Oligostomis reticulata (Linnaeus, 1761). With respect to these species, the data will also be useful for the area of conservation biology, necessary for their protection and for the protection of the sites in which they occur, for it is clear that these are very rare species in Croatia, T. minor also belonging to this group: 50% of the species from this family recorded in Croatia are rare and very rare species.

Keywords

COI, Phryganea grandis rotundata, Trichostegia minor, south-east Europe, dinaric karst, the River Gacka *corresponding author: kucinic@biol.pmf.hr 306 Kučinić, M., Ćukušić, A., Cerjanec, D., Podnar, M., Plantak, M., Žalac, S., Ćuk, R., Vučković,

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