Iva Mihoci

Morphological features of larvae of Drusus plicatus Radovanović (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Republic of Macedonia with molecular, ecological, ethological, and distributional notes.

Abstract A description of the larva of Drusus plicatus Radovanović is given for the first time. The most important diagnostic characters enabling separation from larvae of the other Drusinae from the southeast Europe are listed. Molecular, ecological, and ethological features and distribution patterns of the species are given. Additionally, information on the sympatric caddisfly species of the three springs where larvae and adults of Drusus plicatus were found and presented.

Some new and interesting species of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) found in Croatia

1Department of Biology (Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 2Primary School Barilović, Barilović 96, 47 252 Barilović, Croatia 3Elektroprojekt, d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 4Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 5Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia 6Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina »Hasan Prishtina«, Mother Theresa street p.n., 10 000 Prishtina, Kosovo 7Nikola Cara 7, Crikvenica, Croatia 8Tuk Bjelopoljski 14, Plitvička jezera, Korenica, Croatia 9Croatian Centre for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Institute for Plant Protection, Rim 98, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Contribution to the knowledge of the butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Hrvatsko zagorje, Croatia

During a nine-year survey of the Hrvatsko zagorje region carried out from 2008 until 2016 we recorded 112 butterfly species. Records were supplemented with seven species known only from literature data, which amounted to 119 species representing 60 % of the Croatian butterfly fauna. The highest butterfly diversity was registered on the mountains Ivanščica and Strahinjščica and along the Sutla River valley. Several rare and endangered species were recorded in the region, mostly grassland specialists such as Phengaris teleius, Ph. alcon rebeli, Polyommatus thersites, Euphydryas aurinia and Zerynthia polyxena whose habitats are declining due to changes in the use of grasslands like abandonment or, less frequently, intensification. The population of Lycaena dispar is still locally numerous, but its habitats are now rapidly overgrown with invasive alien plants. The butterfly diversity of Hrvatsko zagorje is high in comparison with the neighbouring region of Haloze in Slovenia. In order to maintain the high butterfly diversity in the region, grasslands and forest edges in the region are in a need of conservation actions and revitalization.

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773), Newly Recorded Invasive Species for Albania

ABSTRACT: The biological control agent and alien invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773), once introduced for pest control in Europe, is now spreading very rapidly over the European continent, especially since 2002. In this paper we give the first documented record of H. axyridis from Albania, southeastern Europe. The species was recorded in three localities in Albania.