Ibrahimi Halil, Bilalli Astrit, Gashi Agim, Grapci Kotori Linda, Slavevska Stamenkovič Valentina, Geci Donard
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina", Prishtina, Kosovo Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" Prishtina Kosovo.
Faculty of Agribusiness, University of Peja "Haxhi Zeka", Peja, Kosovo Faculty of Agribusiness, University of Peja "Haxhi Zeka" Peja Kosovo.
Biodivers Data J. 2023 Jan 11;11:e97969. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e97969. eCollection 2023.
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.
In this paper, we describe a new species, sp. n. from the Sharr Mountains in the Republic of Kosovo, which is morphologically closest to Ibrahimi, Bilalli & Kučinić, 2022 and Kumanski, 1999. The males of the new species differ from all known species of the 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 Species Group, which have very narrow distribution areas, we posit that 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.
沙尔山脉是巴尔干半岛陆地和淡水生物多样性最重要的热点地区之一，拥有许多特有和珍稀物种。尽管仍有未充分调查的区域，但过去几年该地区对毛翅目昆虫的研究有所增加。
在本文中，我们描述了一种来自科索沃共和国沙尔山脉的新物种， sp. n.，其形态上最接近伊布拉希米、比拉利和库奇尼奇（2022年）以及库曼斯基（1999年）所描述的物种。新物种的雄性与该物种组的所有已知物种不同，其阳茎形状独特，基部一半呈球状且较长，其余部分较细，顶端有一束非常细且长的毛发状刺，均匀聚集。从侧面看，新物种的下附肢顶端部分的背缘和腹缘之间的距离非常宽，这也使其与最相似的同属物种有所不同。新物种在海拔1416至1505米的三个地点被发现。与该物种组其他分布区域非常狭窄的物种类似，我们认为 sp. n.是沙尔山脉的微特有种。新物种是已知仅在沙尔山脉科索沃部分出现的第二种毛翅目昆虫。
