www. freshwaterecology. info–an online tool that unifies, standardises and codifies more than 20,000 European freshwater organisms and their ecological …

A Schmidt-Kloiber, D Hering - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Species' ecological preferences are progressively important for understanding distribution
patterns, for conserving biodiversity or for assessing and evaluating the status of freshwater …

The legacy of a vanished sea: a high level of diversification within a European freshwater amphipod species complex driven by 15 My of Paratethys regression

T Mamos, R Wattier, A Burzyński… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of continental Europe in the Neogene was due to the regression of the Tethys
Ocean and of the Paratethys Sea. The dynamic geology of the area and repetitious …

Neogene paleogeography provides context for understanding the origin and spatial distribution of cryptic diversity in a widespread Balkan freshwater amphipod

M Grabowski, T Mamos, K Bącela-Spychalska… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background The Balkans are a major worldwide biodiversity and endemism hotspot. Among
the freshwater biota, amphipods are known for their high cryptic diversity. However, little is …

Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae micro-endemics

S Vitecek, M Kučinić, A Previšić, I Živić… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2017 - Springer
Background Taxonomy offers precise species identification and delimitation and thus
provides basic information for biological research, eg through assessment of species …

New insights into the genetic diversity of the stone crayfish: taxonomic and conservation implications

L Lovrenčić, L Bonassin, LL Boštjančić… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2020 - Springer
Background Austropotamobius torrentium is a freshwater crayfish species native to central
and south-eastern Europe, with an intricate evolutionary history and the highest genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptic diversity of caddisflies in the Balkans: the curious case of Ecclisopteryx species (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)

A Previšić, W Graf, S Vitecek, M Kučinić… - Arthropod systematics …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adults and larvae of two new cryptic, endemic caddisflies, Ecclisopteryx keroveci sp. n. and
Ecclisopteryx ivkae sp. n., are described and illustrated from the Western Balkans …

Phylogeography of an insect inhabiting 'Sky Islands': the relationships among genetic structures and geographical characteristics, geohistorical characteristics, and …

H Suzuki, M Takenaka, K Tojo - Biological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
When gene flow has been restricted between populations, the genetic structure of such
species often reflects geohistory and climate changes. Populations of species inhabiting …

Aquatic insects in the Dinarides: identifying hotspots of endemism and species richness shaped by geological and hydrological history using Empididae (Diptera)

M Ivković, A Plant - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We identify local hotspots of elevated species richness and endemicity of aquatic insects in
the Dinarides (Balkans) using aquatic Empididae (Diptera) as models and compared …

[HTML][HTML] Drusus sharrensis sp. n.(Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new species from Sharr National Park in Kosovo, with molecular and ecological notes

H Ibrahimi, S Vitecek, A Previšić, M Kučinić, J Waringer… - ZooKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this paper we describe Drusus sharrensis sp. n., from the Sharr Mountains in Kosovo.
Males of the new species are morphologically most similar to Drusus krusniki Malicky, 1981 …

[HTML][HTML] A hairy case: The evolution of filtering carnivorous Drusinae (Limnephilidae, Trichoptera)

S Vitecek, W Graf, A Previšić, M Kučinić, J Oláh… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2015 - Elsevier
The caddisfly subfamily Drusinae BANKS comprises roughly 100 species inhabiting
mountain ranges in Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. A 3-gene phylogeny of the …