Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta) from the Western ...

Beron P. (ed.). Biodiversity of Bulgaria 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia

Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta) from the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria)

Violeta TYUFEKCHIEVA, Krasimir KUMANSKI, Ivanka YANEVA

Tyufekchieva V., K. Kumanski, Iv.Yaneva. 2011. Stoneflies (Plecoptera, Insecta) from the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria). In: Beron P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist. Sofia, 213-221. Abstract: A total of 47 species and 5 subspecies, belonging to 7 families and 12 genera of order Plecoptera have been found in the Bulgarian part of the Western Rhodopes. They represent 47.3% of the 110 stoneflies known up to now in Bulgaria. Fourteen species from the investigated region are reported for the first time. Eleven endemics and 10 rare species have been found. Sixty-seven localities of stoneflies are known. Key words: Plecoptera, faunistic composition, Western Rhodopes, Bulgaria

Introduction The first data on the stoneflies of the Western Rhodopes are reported by Rauser (1962, 1965), Braasch & Joost (1971, 1975, 1976) and Braasch (1972). Data on the stoneflies are reported in the studies of Russev & Janeva (1975) and Janeva (1989). Kovachev & Uzunov (1986) presented data on the macroinvertebrate communities in the Mesta River and reported the finding of five Plecoptera species. In relation to the ecomonitoring in Rozhen-Srednogorie region Janeva et al. (1997) gave data on the stonefly species in (Shirokolushka River, at site HMS 477). Janeva et al. (2001) studied the species diversity of the bottom invertebrate communities in Arda River. The aim of this work is to present a summary of faunistic composition on the stonefly species in the Bulgarian part of the Western Rhodopes. Material and methods The current review of Plecoptera species in the Western Rhodopes is based on known literature and unpublished data. Sixty-seven localities of stoneflies are known and its geographic coordinates are provided by Michev (1999) (Table 1). Most of them are concentrated in the surroundings of the towns of Devin, Shiroka Laka, Kardjali, Ardino and Trigrad village. In the remaining part of the Western Rhodopes there are single

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localities. The distribution of stoneflies is comparatively well-known in the valleys of the rivers Mesta, Chepinska, Trigradska, Vacha, Shirokolashka and Arda. Mostly, the species were separated from hydrobiological invertebrate samples, collected by the standard method ISO 7828/1985. The qualitative kick sample method was also used (Frost et al. 1971). All samples were sieved using a collecting net with mesh size 250 μm and fixed in 4% formaldehyde. After laboratory sorting by systematic groups and species determination, they were kept in 80% alcohol. Most of the Plecoptera species are determined as larvae and a small part – as imago. Abbreviations used in the text and tables: UD – unpublished data; WCS – water catchment station; HMS – hydrometric station; i – imago; la – larvae Faunistic and zoogeographical notes A total of 47 stonefly species and 5 subspecies from the Bulgarian part of the Western Rhodopes are known and represent 47.3% of the total number (110) of the taxa of this order known in Bulgaria. (Table 2). They belong to 7 families and 12 genera of order Plecoptera. Fourteen species are new for the Western Rhodope fauna (Brachyptera risi, Taeniopteryx hubaulti, Protonemura auberti, P. autumnalis, P. montana, P. meyeri, P. nitida, Leuctra major, L. prima, Dinocras megacephala, Perla bipunctata, P. burmeisteriana, P. illiesi and Chloroperla tripunctata tripunctata). The Nemouridae family is the richest in species – 15, followed by Leuctridae – 10 species, Taeniopterygidae, Perlodidae and Perlidae – 7, and Chloroperlidae – 5. The family Capniidae is presented only by a single species. The most widespread species are Brachyptera seticornis, Protonemura intricata, Leuctra pseudosignifera, Perlodes intricatus, Isoperla grammatica, Dinocras megacephala and Perla marginata. Plecoptera order has a moderate level of endemism. Eleven endemics (both Bulgarian and Balkan) and 10 rare species have been established within the territory of the Bulgarian part of the Western Rhodopes. They represent 35.7% from all 28 rare species (Kumanski 1997; GUEORGUIEV et al., 1998) and 35.48% from all endemics known in Bulgaria. This shows clearly the high significance of the region for supporting stonefly populations in these latitudes. This is due to the highly variable habitat types in the region. The biggest family – Nemouridae is also the richest of endemic forms (3 – Nemoura braaschi, N. bulgarica, and N. pirinensis ) and rare species (5 – Protonemura auberti, P. autumnalis, P. brevistyla, P. meyeri and P. nitida). Leuctridae family is represented by 2 endemics (Leuctra marani and L. pseudohippopus) and 1 rare species (Leuctra prima). Chloroperla brachyptera, C. kosarovi and C. russevi are endemics and C. tripunctata tripunctata is rare species from Chloroperlidae family. Family Taeniopterigydae have two endemic species Brachyptera bulgarica, B. thracica and one rare species (Taeniopteryx hubaulti). Perlodidae have one endemic species (Isoperla submontana) and Perlidae family is represented by 2 rare species (Perla bipunctata and P. illiesi). Endemics and rare species from Capniidae family have not been found. Nine rare species are new for the Bulgarian part of the mountain. Relict species have not been found. The endemic taxa and rare species have a high conservation value.

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List of the localities of stoneflies in the Bulgarian part of Western Rhodopes № 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

River

Sites

2 Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Mesta Cherna Mesta Cherna Mesta Bjala Mesta Kanina River Baluk dere River Sofan dere River Grancharitsa River Ablanitsa River

3 upstream Yakoruda Bresto upstream the confuence with Iztok downstream the confuence with Iztok Glazna the bridge to Gostun Village the bridge to Bukovo Village (Kupena) Hadjidimovo Momina Kula Banyata

Trigradska Reka River

upstream the confuence of Mugla River

Trigradska Reka River Chairska Reka River

downstream fish farm upstream the mouth

Geographical Coordinates 4 o 42 02′N; 23o40′E No Data 41o54′N; 23o34′E 41o54′N; 23o34′E 41 o54′N; 23 o33′E 41o48′N; 23o41′E 41o43′N; 23o43′E 41o31′N; 23o51′E No Data No Data 42o02′N; 23o44′E 41o45′N; 23o41′E 42o02′N; 23o43′E 41o37′N; 23o48′E 41o55′N; 23o55′E 41o55′N; 23o55′E 41o56′N; 23o55′E 41o59′N; 23o58′E

upstream Cherna Mesta Village upstream fish farm downstream Ognyanovo Village upstream WCS upstream WCS upstream WCS upstream Chepinska River upstream the confuence of Baluk Dere and Chepinska Reka River 41o55′N; 23o55′E Sofan Dere downstream the confuence of Baluk dere Chepinska Reka River 41o55′N; 23o55′E and Sofan dere Chepinska Reka River upstream fusion with Ablanitsa River 41o59′N; 23o58′E Chukura River upstream WCS 41o58′N; 23o59′E Trebetushtitsa River upstream WCS No Data Hremshtitsa River upstream WCS 41o58′N; 23o59′E Petrovo dere River upstream WCS No Data Stara Reka River 43o 10′N; 25o56′E brook upstream Toshkov Chark Reservoir 41o48′N; 24o09′E Trigradska Reka River upstream Trigrad Village 41o36′N; 24o23′E Trigradska Reka River downstream Trigrad Village 41o37′N; 24o23′E Trigradska Reka River upstream Teshel 41o41′N; 24o22′E Trigradska Reka River upstream Chairska Reka River No Data o Trigradska Reka River upstream WCS 41 37′N; 24o23′E 41o37′N; 24o30′E 41o37′N; 24o23′E 41o37′N; 24o23′E


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37 38 39 40 41 42

2 Buynovska Reka River Vacha River Vacha River Vacha River Vacha River Vacha River Vacha River

43

Vacha River

44

Shirokolashka Reka River

45 46 47 48

Sh. Reka River Sh. Reka River Sh. Reka River Devinska Reka River

upstream Shiroka Laka Village Pamporovo HMS 477 upstream Devin

41o41′N; 24o35′E 41o39′N; 24o41′E 41o43′N; 24o29′E 41o44′N; 24o26′E

49

Er-Kyupriyska Reka River

near bridges

No Data

50

Er-Kyupriyska Reka River

near Zaburdo Village

41o47′N; 24o36′E

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

Zaburdovska River Rhodopes Mts. Rhodopes Mts. Milushevsko lake Cherna River Cherna River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Arda River Byala Reka River

Vasil Kolarov resort Karlak Smolijanski Ezera upstream Smolyan Raykovo upstream Mogilitsa Village Smilyan Village upstream Rudozem Varbina bridge Madan Reservoir Ardino Bjal Izvor Dyavolski bridge Kardjali upstream Kardjali Reservoir

41o47′N; 24o36′E 41o39′N; 24o41′E 41o38′N; 24o33′E No Data o 41 33′N; 24o41′E 41o33′N; 24o41′E 41o30′N; 24o39′E 41o30′N; 24o45′E 41o30′N; 24o52′E 41o34′N; 24o58′E 41o35′N; 25o02′E 41o35′N; 25o08′E 41o33′N; 25o05′E 41o37′N; 25o04′E 41o39′N; 25o22′E 41o41′N; 25o10′E 41o29′N; 24o50′E

36

3

4

above WCS

No Data

downstream Teshel upstream Devin downstream Devin upstream Mihalkovo Village downstream Mihalkovo Village Nastan district left tributary of Vacha River, Selcha Village

41o41′N; 24o22′E 41o44′N; 24o26′E 41o44′N; 24o26′E 41o51′N; 24o26′E 41o51′N; 24o26′E 41o43′N; 24o25′E

upstream Stoykite Village

41o39′N; 24o38′E

41o50′N; 24o23′E

*P. montana Kimmins, 1941

P. intricata intricata (Ris, 1902)

B. thracica Rauser, 1965 Taeniopteryx auberti Kis & Sowa, 1964 *T. hubaulti Aubert, 1946 T. shoenemundi (Mertens, 1923) Nemouridae Amphinemura triangularis (Ris, 1902) Nemoura braaschi Joost, 1970 N. bulgarica Rauser, 1962 N. cinerea cinerea (Retzius, 1783) N. pirinensis, Rauser 1962 N. subtilis Klapálek 1895 N. uncinata Despax, 1934 *Protonemura auberti Illies, 1954 *P. autumnalis Rauser, 1956 P. brevistyla (Ris, 1902)

B. seticornis ( Klapálek , 1902 )

Taeniopterygidae Brachyptera bulgarica Rauser, 1962 *B. risi (Morton, 1896)

Taxa

45, 51, 67- i 45, 51, 62 – i 45, 46, 51 – i 45, 51, 67 – i 45, 51- i 45, 51, 62, 63, 65, 67 – i 45, 51- i 21 – la 8-la 52 – i; 4, 5 – la 45, 51, 67 – i; 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 21, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 45, 55 – la 1, 4, 6, 9, 12, 20, 45, 55 – la

51, 62- i 1- la 45, 51 – i, 1, 7, 9, 11,12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 26, 28, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 59 – la; 45, 52 – i 49; 50 – la 48 – la 28 – la

Localities Braasch & Joost, 1971 UD

Source/ (leg.)

UD

Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972; UD

Braasch & Joost, 1971 Braasch & Joost, 1971 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972; Braasch & Joost, 1975 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch & Joost, 1975 UD UD Braasch & Joost, 1976; UD

Braasch & Joost, 1971; Rauser, 1965 Russev & Janeva, 1975 UD Russev & Janeva, 1975

Braasch & Joost, 1971; Russev & Janeva, 1975; UD

List of determined taxa of Plecoptera order and their localities in the Bulgarian part of Western Rhodopes

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Taxa

I. grammatica (Poda, 1761)

P. microcephalus (Pictet, 1833) Isoperla buresi Rauser, 1971

Perlodes intricatus (Pictet, 1841)

*P. meyeri (Pictet, 1841) *P. nitida (Pictet, 1835) P. praecox (Morton, 1894) Leuctridae Leuctra albida Kempny, 1899 L. fusca fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) L. hippopus Kempny, 1899 L. inermis Kempny, 1899 *L. major Brinck, 1949 L. marani Rauser, 1965 L. nigra (Olivier, 1811) *L. prima Kempny, 1899 L. pseudohippopus Rauser, 1965 L. pseudosignifera Aubert, 1954 Capniidae Capnia bifrons (Newman 1839) Perlodidae

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UD UD Braasch & Joost, 1975; UD Braasch, 1972; UD Braasch & Joost, 1976; UD Braasch & Joost, 1975 Braasch & Joost, 1971; UD UD Braasch & Joost, 1971; Rauser, 1965 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972; Russev & Janeva, 1975 UD Braasch & Joost, 1971; Rauser, 1965 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Russev & Janeva, 1975; UD Russev & Janeva, 1975 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Russev & Janeva, 1975; Janeva et al., 2001; UD Braasch & Joost, 1971; Russev & Janeva, 1975; UD Rauser, 1962; Janeva et al., 1997; UD Russev & Janeva, 1975; Kovachev & Uzunov, 1986; Janeva, 1989; UD

45 – i; 6, 10, 66- la 28, 30, 48, 52 – i; 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 – la 51 – i 45, 51 – I; 11, 38 – la 61 – la 45, 46, 51, 52, 62, 67 – i 45, 51 – i; 45 – la 1- la 45, 51, 52 – i 62, 67 – i; 2, 27, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 61 – la 42, 54 – la 51- i; 1, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 28, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 45, 47 – la 45, 51, 67 – i; 1, 12, 21, 36, 44, 45, 47, 51 – la 53 – i, 22, 47, 48 – la 1, 7, 12, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 48, 55, 57, 59 – la

Source/ (leg.)

1 – la 25 – la 51 – i; 35 – la

Localities


Taxa

UD UD UD Russev, 1964; Braasch, 1972; Russev & Janeva, 1975; Kovachev & Uzunov, 1986; Janeva et al., 1997; Janeva et al., 2001; UD Braasch & Joost, 1971; UD

45 – i; 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 43, 45, 47, 48, 51, 55, 56, 58, 59, 67 – la 36, 45, 48, 51 – la

Braasch, 1972 Braasch & Joost, 1971 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972; Russev & Janeva, 1975 UD

45 – i 67 – i; 45, 51 – i

1, 13 – la

51 – i, 49 – la

Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972

45, 46 – i

UD

Braasch & Joost, 1971; Janeva et al., 1997; UD

1, 13, 33, 34, 35, 45, 47, 48, 51 – la 1, 7, 12, 13, 16, 28, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 45, 47, 48 – la 13 – la 1, 12, 13, 28, 35, 45, 48, 58, 59 – la 59 – la

Source/ (leg.) Russev & Janeva, 1975 Braasch & Joost, 1971 Braasch & Joost, 1971; Braasch, 1972

Localities 45, 51 – la 45, 51 – i 45, 51 – i

* Species, newly reported for the Rhodopean fauna

*C. tripunctata tripunctata (Scopoli, 1763)

C. russevi Braasch, 1969

Chloroperlidae Chloroperla brachyptera (Schoenemund, 1926) C. kosarovi Braasch, 1969 C. neglecta (Rostock, 1881)

P. pallida Guérin-Méneville, 1838

P. marginata (Panzer, 1799)

*Perla bipunctata Pictet, 1833 *Perla burmeisteriana Claassen, 1936 *P. illiesi Braasch & Joost, 1971

*D. megacephala (Klapálek, 1907)

I. obscura (Zetterstedt, 1840) I. submontana Rauser, 1965 I. tripartita tripartita Illies, 1954 Perlidae Dinocras cephalotes (Curtis, 1827)

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Author’s address: Violeta Tyufekchieva Institute of Zoology, BAS 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria e-mail: [email protected]


Перли (Plecoptera, Insecta) от Западните Родопи (България) Виолета ТЮФЕКЧИЕВА, Красимир КУМАНСКИ, Иванка ЯНЕВА (Резюме) От българската част на Западните Родопи са съобщени 47 вида и 5 подвида, които спадат към 7 семейства и 12 рода от разред Plecoptera. Те представляват 47,3% от всички 110 известни до сега перли за България. Четиринадесет вида от проучвания регион се съобщават за първи път в тази работа. Намерени са 11 ендемита и 10 редки вида. Известни са 67 находища на перли.