title: The larvae ofMicropterna coiffaitiDécamps 1963,Micropterna tauricaMartynov 1917, andPotamophylax goulandriorum(Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), including a key to the hitherto known Stenophylacini larvae of the Hellenic western Balkan region.
abstract: The paper gives a description of the hitherto unknown larvae ofMicropterna coiffaiti,Micropterna taurica, andPotamophylax goulandriorum(Trichoptera: Limnephilidae). Information on the morphology of the larvae is given and the most important diagnostic features are illustrated. In the context of published keys, the larva ofMicropterna coiffaitikeys together withMicropterna sequax,Stenophylax mitis, andStenophylax permistus. Species can be easily diagnosed by presence/absence and the structure of posterior sclerites at the lateral protuberances, by the extent of head spinule fields, and by the number of posterolateral setae on abdominal dorsum IX.Micropterna tauricakeys together withMicropterna nycterobia. This pair can be separated by the setae posterior of the dorsal protuberance which are lacking inM. nycterobiabut present inM. taurica. Finally,Potamophylax goulandriorumkeys together withP. cingulatus,P. latipennis, andP. luctuosus. Currently it is not possible to separate this species quartet morphologically. With respect to distribution,M. coiffaitihas been reported from the Eastern Aegean islands in Greece, the Levant, Turkey, and Cyprus, whereasM.tauricaranges from Bulgaria and Greece (Crete, Karpathos, mainland Greece) to Cyprus and Turkey.Potamophylax goulandriorumis known from mainland Greece and Macedonia only. In addition, ecological characteristics are briefly discussed, and a key to the hitherto known Stenophylacini larvae of European Ecoregion 6 (= Hellenic western Balkan region) is included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waringer
authors.affiliation: Sonnengasse 13, A- 3293 Lunz am See, Austria.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malicky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D063368:Balkan Peninsula; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity; D014421:Turkey
keywords: 5th instar larvae; caddisfly; description; distribution; identification