L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 13. 2000 (Budapest, 2000)

Kovács, T.; Ambrus, A.: Two rare plecopterans from the Rába: Agnetina elegantula (Klapálek, 1905) and Marthamea vitripennis (Burmeister, 1839) (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

MISCELLANEA ZOOLOGICA HUNGARICA Tomus 13. 2000 p. 77-80 Two rare Plecopterans from the Rába: Agnetina elegantula (Klapálek, 1905) and Marthamea vitripennis (Burmeister, 1839) (Plecoptera: Perlidae) by T. Kovács and A. Ambrus (Received May 30,1999) Abstract: This article reports the capturing of the larvae of two rare plecopterans from the Hungarian section of the River Rába. Agnetina elegantula (Klapálek, 1905) is new for the Hungarian fauna, while Marthamea vitripennis (Burmeister, 1839) has been first captured since 1914. The localities where the two species were collected are indicated on a map. Keywords: Hungary, River Rába, Plecoptera larva, faunistics, distribution, communities, habitat Introduction Parallel with their collecting of Ephemeroptera larvae the authors have started the collecting of Plecoptera larvae. From the collected material first they intend to publish the data regarding two species of plecopterans that are both rare and endangered at European level. This paper is based on the results of collecting activities carried out between 8th April 1994 and 6th March 1999 at 445 sampling points, where altogether 654 collectings were performed. From among these 31 collectings were carried on the River Rába at 19 sampling points. The information regarding the study area, collecting methods and the structure of the published data is the same as in Kovács et al. (1998). The collected material is preserved in 70% ethanol and is stored in the Mátra Museum (Gyöngyös). Results Agnetina elegantula (Klapálek, 1905) Hungary: Körmend: Route No. 86, Rába, 190 m, XN20, 19.06.1997, 1, A. Ambrus, K. Bánkuti, T. Kovács — Magyarlak: lido, Rába, 215 m, XNOO, 19.06.1997, 2, A. Ambrus, K. Bánkuti, T. Kovács — Rábahídvég: Route No. 8, Rába, 180 m, XN31, 18.08.1998, 1, A. Ambrus, T. Kovács — Sárvár: Route No. 84, Rába, 155 m, XN43, 12.05.1998, 2, A. Ambrus, K. Bánkuti, T. Kovács — Austria: Königsdorf: Lafnitz, 230 m, 24.06.1998, 2, A. Ambrus, K. Bánkuti, T. Kovács. This species was formerly known from the Czech Republic (Klapálek, 1905), Germany (Zwick 1984a), Poland (Zwick 1984a; Kittel & Wojtas 1988; Kittel 1991), and lately was also found in Austria (Graf 1997), and the Slovak Republic (Soldan et al. 1998). On the four localities situated on the River Rába the following rare Odonatas and Plecopterans were collected with this species (Kovács et al. 1998, 1999, 2000, Ambrus et al. 1998b): Ephemeroptera: Oligoneuriella keffermuellerae, Heptagenia coerulans, Ephemerella mesoleuca — at three localities; Isonychia ignota, Ephoron virgo — at two localities; Ametropus fragilis, Oligoneuriella pallida, O. rhenana, Ephemerella notata,