Review and contribution to the stonefly (Insecta: Plecoptera) fauna of Azerbaijan
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Murányi, Dávid
Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Leányka u. 6, H- 3300 Eger, Hungary.
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Manko, Peter
Department of Ecology, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, SK- 08001 Prešov, Slovakia.
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Kovács, Tibor
Mátra Museum of Hungarian Natural History Museum, Kossuth Lajos u. 40, H- 3200 Gyöngyös, Hungary.
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Vinçon, Gilles
55 Bd Joseph Vallier, F- 38100 Grenoble, France.
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Žiak, Matej
Andrej Kmeť Museum, Slovak National Museum - Museums in Martin, Andreja Kmeťa str. 20, SK- 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
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Kerimova, Ilhama G.
Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 504 th block 1128 th Side Str., A. Abbaszadeh Str., AZ- 1073 Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Snegovaya, Nataly Yurievna
Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 504 th block 1128 th Side Str., A. Abbaszadeh Str., AZ- 1073 Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Oboňa, Jozef
Department of Ecology, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, SK- 08001 Prešov, Slovakia.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-24
4975
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.2
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Perla caucasica
Guérin-Méneville, 1843
Şəki-Zaqatala region: 20:
1♂
larva (HNHM);
25:
1♀
larva (HNHM),
1♂
larva (LMEE);
26:
1♂
2♀
larvae (HNHM),
1♂
1♀
larvae (LMEE);
31:
1♂
larva (HNHM).
Remarks.
This species is considered widespread in the Caucasian region, the whole of
Anatolia
,
Cyprus
and the
Alborz
of
Iran
(
Sivec & Stark 2002
,
Darilmaz
et al.
2016
). This is contrary to
Teslenko & Zhiltzova (2009)
and
Cherchesova & Zhiltzova (2013)
who considered it an endemic of the Greater Caucasus. This difference of opinion is based on the disputed synonymy of
Perla abbreviata
Klapálek, 1921
and
P. persica
Zwick, 1975
. These species were synonymized under
P. caucasica
due to their similar eggs (
Sivec & Stark 2002
), however, their larvae are distinctly different. Similarly to the above species, our identification is based on larvae that agrees well with the recent description of the larva of
P. caucasica
from the Greater Caucasus (
Zhiltzova & Cherchesova 2003
).
Perla caucasica
is a more potamal species than
P. pallida
.
Azerbaijan
specimens occurred in low and medium-high elevations, mostly in small rivers. These are the first exact locality data from
Azerbaijan
.