title: A new species of Isoperla (Insecta, Plecoptera) from the Karawanken, with considerations on the Southern Limestone Alps as centers of endemism.
abstract: A new species of the genus Isoperla (Plecoptera, Perlodidae), belonging to the oxylepis species-group is described, and the male mating call is characterized. Its range falls within a small region of the Southern Limestone Alps which is well known to be one endemism-centre of aquatic insects.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Max Emanuel-Strasse 17, A-1180 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.affiliation: Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Abteilung 8 (Kompetenzzentrum Umwelt, Wasser und Naturschutz), Kärntner Institut für Seenforschung, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Kirchengasse 43, Austria.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konar
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Dávid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murányi
authors.affiliation: MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, Pázmány Péter s. 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Kirill Márk
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Orci
authors.affiliation: Department of Limnology & Bio-Oceanography, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vitecek
keywords: Austria; Isoperla; Slovenia; Southern Alps; endemism; new species