First Record of Boreoheptagyia monticola Serra-Tosio, 1964 (Diptera, Chironomidae) in Serbia

Predrag M Simović, Miran Koh, Viktorija Ergović, Đurađ Milošević, Ana Petrović, DOI: 10.46793/BiolNyss.17.1.8S

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The non-biting midge Boreoheptagyia monticola Serra-Tosio, 1964 is recorded for the first time in Serbia, based on a larval specimen collected in June 2022 from the middle course of the Studenica River within the Golija–Studenica Nature Reserve, a UNESCO-protected area. The species was found in a fast-flowing, well-oxygenated river section characterized by a predominantly stony substrate, which represents typical habitat conditions for this species. Moreover, this finding constitutes the first representative of the genus Boreoheptagyia for the Serbian fauna. Given the restricted habitat preferences and limited dispersal capacity of the species, which is known to occur in narrow and often isolated geographic ranges in Central and Southern Europe, this finding provides important biogeographical and faunistic insight into the distribution of this genus.


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Keywords: non-biting midge; Diamesinae; Boreoheptagyiini; Studenica River

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