The northernmost European record of Parasetodes respersellus (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) from the Courish Spit (Russia) with notes on its distribution and imaginal morphology

Authors : Edyta BUCZYNSKA, Anatoly P SHAPOVAL, Pawel BUCZYNSKI

Pages : 631-636

Doi:10.3906/zoo-1401-1

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Parasetodes respersellus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Rambur, 1842); is the only representative of its genus in Europe. So far, it has been reported in 6 countries insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(24 sites);, and 3 of the reports come from the 1960s and from earlier historical references. Between 24 and 28 August 2011 a male and a female of this species were attracted to a light trap in the Courish Spit insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Russia);. The paper presents the following topics concerning this species: the distribution area and the status of existing records in particular countries, considerations about the potential breeding site of the collected specimens, remarks on the origins of a reliable picture of male genitalia, and a comparison between the obtained Russian male and the modern description of this species in the literature.
Keywords : Parasetodes respersellus, Trichoptera, Russia, distribution, morphology