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. 2023 Jan 11:11:e97969.
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e97969. eCollection 2023.

Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n. (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new species from the Sharr Mountains, Republic of Kosovo

Halil Ibrahimi  1 , Astrit Bilalli  2 , Agim Gashi  1 , Linda Grapci Kotori  1 , Valentina Slavevska Stamenkovič  3 , Donard Geci  1
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Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n. (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new species from the Sharr Mountains, Republic of Kosovo

Halil Ibrahimi et al. Biodivers Data J. .

Abstract

Background: The Sharr Mountains are one of the most important hotspots of terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity in the Balkan Peninsula, with many endemic and rare species. The caddisfly studies in this area increased during the past years, although insufficiently investigated areas still remain.

New information: In this paper, we describe a new species, Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n. from the Sharr Mountains in the Republic of Kosovo, which is morphologically closest to Potamophylaxidliri Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Kučinić, 2022 and Potamophylaxjuliani Kumanski, 1999. The males of the new species differ from all known species of the Potamophylaxwinneguthi Species Group by their uniquely-shaped parameres, which are long, bulbous in their basal half and thin in the remaining length, with a bunch of very thin and long, hair-like spines, grouped uniformly at the apex. The new species further differs from its most similar congeners by its very wide distance between the dorsal and ventral edges of the apical part of inferior appendages in lateral view. The new species was found at three localities from 1416 to 1505 m a.s.l.Similar to the other species of the Potamophylaxwinneguthi Species Group, which have very narrow distribution areas, we posit that Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n. is a microendemic of the Sharr Mountains. The new species is the second known caddisfly species occurring only in the Kosovan part of the Sharr Mountains.

Keywords: Potamophylaxwinneguthi Species Group; Western Balkans; endemic species; microscale distribution.

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Figure 1.
Type locality of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.: a tributary of the Lepenc River along the Brezovicë - Prevallë road.
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Figure 2.
Male adult of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.
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Figure 3.
Male genitalia of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.: A. left lateral view; B. dorsal view.
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Figure 4.
Male genitalia of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.: A. left lateral view; B. dorsal view.
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Figure 5.
Aedeagus and parameres of the male genitalia of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.: A. ventral view; B. lateral view.
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Figure 6.
Aedeagus and parameres of the male genitalia of Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.: A. ventral view; B. lateral view.
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Figure 7a.
Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.
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Figure 7b.
Potamophylaxidliri Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Kučinić, 2022.
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Figure 7c.
Potamophylaxcoronavirus Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Vitecek, 2021.
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Figure 7d.
Potamophylaxjuliani Kumanski, 1999.
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Figure 8a.
Potamophylaxhumoinsapiens sp. n.
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Figure 8b.
Potamophylaxidliri Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Kučinić, 2022.
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Figure 8c.
Potamophylaxcoronavirus Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Vitecek, 2021.
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Figure 8d.
Potamophylaxjuliani Kumanski, 1999.
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