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Boóz, B. - Móra, A.: Data on the Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of streams originating from the Mecsek Mountains, SW Hungary
Submitted: 02.10, 2020; Accepted: 13.10, 2020; Published: 16.10, 2020 Natura Somogyiensis 35: 87-98. Kaposvár, 2020 DOI: 10.24394/NatSom.2020.35.87 www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns.htm Data on the Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of streams originating from the Mecsek Mountains, SW Hungary Bernadett Boóz & Arnold Móra Department of Hydrobiology, University of Pécs, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság útja 6., Hungary, e-mail: bb950828@gmail.com; mamold@gamma.ttk.pte.hu Boóz, В. & MÓRA, A.: Data on the Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of streams originating from the Mecsek Mountains, SW Hungary. Abstract: Between 2017 and 2020, chironomid pupal exuviae were collected from streams originating from the Mecsek Mountains. Altogether, 7892 exuviae belonging to 112 taxa (10 Tanypodinae, 3 Diamesinae, 2 Prodiamesinae, 44 Orthocladiinae and 53 Chironominae) were identified from 11 sampling sites. The Hungarian occurrence of nine species (Conchapelopia triannulata (Goetghebuer, 1921), Chaetocladius laminatus Brundin, 1947, Limnophyes punctipennis (Goetghebuer, 1919), Orthocladius lignicola Kieffer, 1914, Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker, 1856), Paracladopelma mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937), Polypedilum pullum (Zetterstedt, 1838), Polypedilum quadriguttatum Kieffer, 1921 and Tanytarsus gibbosiceps Kieffer, 1922) were proved at first time. Keywords: Chironomidae, non-biting midges, exuviae, new records Introduction The chironomid fauna of Hungary, despite the many new records from various studies, is far from fully known. It is especially true for the South-Western part of the country, where only sporadic faunistical surveys provided information regarding the occurrence of chironomid species of this region. Previous studies mainly focused on streams in southern catchment area of Lake Balaton (Móra 2014, Móra et al. 2007), Drava River (Móra & Csabai 2019) and Mecsek Mountains (see below). From the Mecsek Mountains sporadic data were published in Gidó & Lakatos (2003) and Gebhardt (1960, 1963), recording the occurrence of three species and mentioning many invalid species names. In a survey of Diptera in Mecsek Mountains 35 chironomid taxa were recorded based on collecting adults (Gebhardt 1962). The next extensive faunistical survey on chironomids was performed in 2009-2010, in which further 19 chironomid taxa were found from 16 sampling sites, although, this study focused on investigation of larvae exclusively (Méhes et al. 2012). Altogether 57 chironomid species have been recorded from the Mecsek Mountains. However, the chironomid fauna in the areas between the Mecsek Mountains and the Drava River and between the Mecsek Mountains and the Danube River is completely unknown. Identification of larvae provides limited information for faunistical studies, due to multiple problems with identification, i.e. the possible morphological differences ISSN 1587-1908 (Print); ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)
