Prvi nalaz vrste Nubensia nubens (Edwards, 1929) (Diptera: Chironomidae) u Hrvatskoj

Authors and affiliation

• Valentina Dorić Eko-monitoring Ltd., Kučanska 15, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia
• Miran Koh Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
• Zlatko Mihaljević Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The species Nubensia nubens (Edwards, 1929) from the dipteran family Chironomidae has been recorded for the first time in Croatian chironomid fauna. It was found in the littoral of the oligotrophic Lake Vrana on the island of Cres. The species is known from Italy, Albania and the Republic of Northern Macedonia as well as western Europe, the Czech Republic and the Pyrenees. Lake Vrana is currently the only known habitat of this species in Croatia.

Keywords

Nubensia genus, new species, chironomid larvae, Adriatic island lake

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