The mayfly fauna (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of the Plitvice lakes National park, Croatia

Authors and affiliation

• Marina Vilenica University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education, Trg Matice hrvatske 12, 44250 Petrinja, Croatia
• Jean-Luc Gattolliat Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine – Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
• Marija Ivković Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Vlatka Mičetić Stanković Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Zlatko Mihaljević Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Michel Sartori Musée cantonal de zoologie, Palais de Rumine – Place de la Riponne 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

The mayfly fauna of Plitvice Lakes NP was investigated at 14 sampling sites representing different types of karstic freshwater habitat (springs, streams, tufa barriers and lakes). Specimens were sampled from February 2007 to February 2009 using different methods and 19 taxa were identified. Lotic habitats supported more mayfly species than lentic habitat types. The recorded species, four of which are new for the Croatian fauna, encompass 27 % of the total number of Croatian mayfly fauna. This study represents an important contribution to the knowledge of mayfly fauna of karst habitats in Croatia.

Keywords

Plitvice Lakes NP, mayfly fauna, Ephemeroptera, species richness, karst habitats, Cro- atia Vilenica, M., Gattolliat, J.-L., Ivković, M., Kučinić, M., Mičetić Stanković, V., Mihaljević, Z. &

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