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Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 29 No.1

Izvori: DNA barkodiranje tulara (Insecta, Trichoptera) u Hrvatskoj s napomenama o taksonomiji i konzervacijskoj biologiji

Authors: Mladen Kučinić, Anđela Ćukušić, Sanja Žalac, Antun Delić, Darko Cerjanec, Martina Podnar, Renata Ćuk, Ivan Vučković, Ana Previšić, Marijana Vuković, Svjetlana Stanić Koštroman, Višnja Bukvić, Ana Šalinović, Mladen Plantak

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
  • Sanja Žalac ZSC ”Dr. Ivo Pevalek”, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Josipa Jovića 19, 53231 Plitvička jezera, Croatia
  • Antun Delić Nikole Šubića Zrinskog 3, 43290 Grubišno Polje, Croatia
  • Darko Cerjanec Barilović Primary school, Barilović 96, 47252 Barilović, Croatia
  • Martina Podnar Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, 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
  • Ana Previšić ; Department of Biology (*Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Marijana Vuković Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Svjetlana Stanić Koštroman Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Education, University of Mostar, Matice hrvatske, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Višnja Bukvić Sveučilište Hercegovina, Fakultet društvenih znanosti dr. Milenka Brkića, Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina
  • Ana Šalinović Postelska ulica 10, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
  • Mladen Plantak Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Water Resources, Nature and Environmental Protection, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper provides the results of DNA barcoding based on the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial gene (mtCOI) of 110 Trichoptera specimens collected in 36 springs in the PannonianPeripannonian, central mountainous and Mediterranean part of Croatia. We barcoded 70 species from 32 genera and 15 families. The data obtained show interesting faunistic and taxonomic results, for, for example, the species Rhyacophila cabrankensis, R. balcanica, Crunoecia kempnyi, Allogmaus auricollis and emphasize the need for further faunistic research into springs, in their role as habitats with a specific and very interesting fauna. The mtCOI DNA barcoding should be included in such research, because it would enable better presentation of the results, especially regarding biodiversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and conservation biology, not just as a segment of a local but also of a global process of understanding biodiversity in a different way. The results of this study show a global need for the protection of springs, because they are specific not only as habitats, but also as localities with an interesting fauna and often endemic species of very limited distribution (for example Rhyacophila cabrankensis).

Keywords

upper stream reaches, caddisflies, biodiversity, molecular methods, Rhyacophila cabra- kenensis 74

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