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Corresponding author: Marija Ivković ( marija.ivkovic@biol.pmf.hr ) Academic editor: Jukka Salmela
© 2015 Levente-Péter Kolcsár, Marija Ivković, Ivančica Ternjej.
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Kolcsár, L-P Ivković M, Ternjej I (2015) New records of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Diptera) from Croatia. ZooKeys 513: 23-37. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.513.10066
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New records are provided for Limoniidae and Pediciidae from Croatia, with new distribution records for species in 12 different genera. Four genera and 18 species are newly recorded for Croatia. Until now, including this data, 87 Limoniidae and eight Pediciidae have been recorded from Croatia. In this paper we confirm presence of Ormosia (Oreophila) bergrothi (Strobl, 1895) and we give the first records of Dicranota (Paradicranota) pavida (Haliday, 1833) and Molophilus (Molophilus) repentinus Starý, 1971 from Balkan Peninsula.
Lipsothrix , Paradelphomyia , Rhabdomastix and Tricyphona, Plitvice Lakes, Krka River, distribution
Pediciidae or hairy-eyed crane flies comprise slender tipuloid like flies. Species belonging to subfamily Pediciinae have carnivorous larvae and are connected with the wet environments (
The Croatian Pediciidae and Limoniidae fauna is less studied, despite the relatively large number of publications. The first study which contains records and description of Dactylolabis dilatata from Croatia was noted by
In the course of various ecological and taxonomic projects and surveys by Marija Ivković, many limonid and pedicid flies were collected by means of emergence traps set in springs, tufa barriers, streams and small rivers at nine sites in Plitvice Lakes National Park and at two sites at Krka National Park. Traps were emptied once a month, at the end of each month. Each trap had a surface area of 45 × 45 cm (and height 50 cm), was fixed in the sediment of the stream, and contained 2% formaldehyde; six traps were placed at each location on various types of microhabitats. At majority of sites traps were placed for one year (two sites at Krka River) or two years (majority of sites in Plitvice Lakes), but at three sites at Plitvice Lakes (spring of Bijela rijeka, tufa barrier Labudovac and tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac) they were placed for seven years, for additional details see
Additional sampling using a sweep net took place between March 2011 and June 2014 at various sites in Croatia. All Limoniidae and Pediciidae specimens were placed in 80% ethanol. The literature used for identification is as follows:
Site name | Longitude | Latitude | Altitude (m) |
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Spring Jankovac, Papuk Mountain | E 17°41'14" | N 45°31'06" | 525 |
Dubočanka stream, Papuk Mountain | E 17°40'42" | N 45°29'11’’ | 585 |
Brzaja, before N. Zvečeva, Papuk Mountain | E 17°30'53" | N 45°33'17" | 502 |
Brzaja after N. Zvečeva, Papuk Mountain | E 17°31'53" | N 45°30'57" | 368 |
Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°33'43" | N 44°50'05’’ | 720 |
Upper reach of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°33'33" | N 44°50'04’’ | 715 |
Spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°36'28" | N 44°50'14" | 680 |
Crna rijeka by the bridge, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°35'59" | N 44°50'22" | 665 |
Tufa barrier Labudovac, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°35'59" | N 44°52'17’’ | 630 |
Tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°36'32" | N 44°53'39’’ | 545 |
Tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°36'38" | N 44°54'07" | 500 |
Stream Plitvica,Plitvice Lakes | E 15°36'27" | N 44°54'08" | 555 |
Korana village, Plitvice Lakes | E 15°37'09" | N 44°55'33’’ | 390 |
Spring of Krupa River | E 15°54'33" | N 44°11'49" | 150 |
Spring Krčić | E 16°19'42" | N 44°01'48’’ | 390 |
Spring of Krka River | E 16°14'07" | N 44°02'31’’ | 265 |
Roški Slap, Krka River | E 15°58'22" | N 43°54'20’’ | 55 |
Skradinski Buk, Krka River | E 15°57'55" | N 43°48'09’’ | 45 |
Radmanove Mlinice, Cetina River | E 16°45'11" | N 43°26'16" | 15 |
The following format is used for the records given here: name of the site, followed by the sampling date (in the case of collections from the pyramid emergence traps, the trap number is also given, e.g. “P1" is pyramid emergence trap number 1), and the number of sampled specimens. New species for Croatia are listed with * before the name of the species. All the sites are listed in Table
* Dicranota (Dicranota) bimaculata (Schummel, 1829)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 5.x.2010, P4, 1♀; same site, 29.v.2012, P3, 1♀
Comments. Widespread in Europe except the Mediterranean region. In the Balkan Peninsula it has been recorded from Bulgaria.
* Dicranota (Paradicranota) pavida (Haliday, 1833)
New records. Upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 5.x.2010, P4, 1♂, 1♀; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2011, 1♂
Comments. Mostly Central and Western European distributed species. This is the first record for Balkan Peninsula.
* Pedicia (Amalopis) occulta (Meigen, 1830)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 28.iv.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 29.v.2007, P3, 1♂, 2♀; same site, 28.vi.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2007, P2, 1♂; same site, 30.viii.2007, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site, 2.x.2007, P3, 1♂; same site, 29.x.2007, P2, 3♂; same site and date, P3, 2♂, 3♀; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 29.xi.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 1♀; same site, 26.xii.2007, P3, 2♂; same site, 2.iv.2008, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 23.iv.2008, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 1.vi.2008, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 2♀; same site, 30.vi.2008, P3, 1♂; same site, 22.vii.2008, P4, 1♀; same site, 27.viii.2008, P4, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 26.xi.2008, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♀; same site, 3.iii.2009, P2, 1♂; same site, 1.iv.2009, P2, 2♂, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 2.v.2009, P2, 2♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 30.x.2009, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 8.iv.2010, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site, 4.v.2010, P6, 1♀; same site, 4.vi.2010, P4, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2010, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 26.viii.2010, P4, 2♂; same site, 2.ix.2010, P3, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 10.xii.2010, P3, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 25.ii.2011, P6, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 26.iv.2011, P4, 2♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 29.v.2011, P4, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 27.vi.2011, P2, 1♂; same site, 2.viii.2011, P6, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 6.ix.2011, P3, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 2♀; same site, 4.viii.2012, P3, 1♂; same site, 4.ix.2012, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 2♂, 1♀; same site, 6.xi.2012, P4, 1♂; same site and date, P5, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 11.iii.2013, P2, 2♂; same site, 2.iv.2013, P3, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site, 3.v.2013, P4, 1♂; same site, 7.viii.2013, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♂; same site, 29.x.2013, P3, 1♀; upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 30.iii.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 2♂; same site, 28.iv.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 2♂; same site and date, P4, 2♂; same site and date, P5, 2♀; same site, 29.v.2007, P2, 2♂; same site and date, P3, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 28.vi.2007, P2, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2007, P3, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 6♂, 1♀; same site, 30.viii.2007, P1, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 3♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site, 2.x.2007, P1, 2♂, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 2♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 29.x.2007, P1, 2♀; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 29.xi.2007, P1, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 1♂, 3♀; same site, 25.ii.2008, P1, 1♂; same site, 2.iv.2008, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 4♂; same site and date, P4, 2♂, 3♀; same site, 23.iv.2008, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 3♂; same site and date, P5, 2♀; same site, 1.vi.2008, P5, 1♀; same site, 30.vi.2008, P2, 2♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site, 22.vii.2008, P3, 1♂; same site, 27.8.2008, P1, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 29.xi.2008, P6, 1♀; same site and date, 27.x.2008, P2, 2♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site and date, 26.xi.2008, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site, 3.iii.2009, P5, 1♂; same site, 1.iv.2009, P3, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♂; same site, 2.v.2009, P4, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 29.v.2009, P1, 2♀; same site and date, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site, 26.vi.2009, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 24.vii.2009, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 27.viii.2009, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site, 30.x.2009, P2, 3♂, 2♀; same site, 8.iv.2010, P6, 1♂; same site, 4.v.2010, P2, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site, 1.vii.2010, P1, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2010, P1, 2♂; same site and date, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 6♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 26.viii.2010, P2, 2♂; same site and date, P4, 2♂, 3♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 5.x.2010, P2, 2♂, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 1♂; same site, 2.xi.2010, P1, 4♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂, 3♀; same site and date, P5, 1♀; same site, 10.xii.2010, P1, 1♂; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2007, P3, 1♂; same site, 30.viii.2007, P5, 1♀; Crna rijeka by the bridge, 28.vi.2007, P3, 1♂;
Comments. Widespread in Europe, including the Balkan Peninsula. It is frequently collected in springs and headwater brooks (Ujvárosi and Bálint, 2012). In the Balkan Peninsula it is recorded from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
* Tricyphona (Tricyphona) immaculata (Meigen, 1804)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 28.x.2011, P6, 1♂; upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2007, P4, 2♀; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 30.iv.2007, P1, 5♀; same site, 29.v.2007, P1, 5♀; tufa barrier Labudovac, Plitvice Lakes, 28.x.2011, P1, 1♂
Comments. Widespread species. In the Balkan Peninsula it is recorded from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.
* Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) lateralis (Macquart, 1835)
New record. Tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes, 1.vii.2012, P4, 1♂
Comments. The species is frequently collected in calcareous springs, fens and around the tufa sediment (
Gonomyia (Gonomyia) tenella (Meigen, 1818)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.x.2007, P5, 1♀; Korana Village, Plitvice Lakes, 29.vi.2007, P2, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 1♀; same site, 26.vii.2007, P1, 6♀; same site and date, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 3♂, 12♀; same site, 1.xi.2007, P1, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 3♀
Comments. A semi-aquatic species which can be found along flowing and standing waters (
* Molophilus (Molophilus) brevihamatus Bangerter, 1947
New record. Spring of Krka River, 7.vii.2011, 1♂
Comments. A characteristic species along mountainous waters in Carpathians, Alps and Balkan high mountains (Pirin, Rila). Probably the microclimate of the spring provides right condition for the species in lower altitude. In the Balkan Peninsula it is recorded from Bulgaria and Slovenia.
* Molophilus (Molophilus) bifidus Goetghebuer, 1920
New record. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 4.9.2012, P1, 1♂
Comments. This species is associated with springs and head waters (
Molophilus (Molophilus) obscurus (Meigen, 1818)
New records. Spring Krčić, 29.iv.2011, 2♂; Roški Slap, Krka River, 13.x.2011, 1♂
Comments. Common species, with wide distribution in Europe, including Balkan Peninsula.
* Molophilus (Molophilus) repentinus Starý, 1971
New record. Korana Village, Plitvice Lakes, 30.v.2007, P2, 1♂, 1♀
Comments. Mountains species with sporadic distribution in Alps and Carpathians and surrounding mountains area. Its presence in the low altitude (390 m) is explainable by the presence of mountainous microhabitats around fast flowing Korana River. First record for Balkan Peninsula.
* Ormosia (Oreophila) bergrothi (Strobl, 1895)
New record. Spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 25.vii.2007, P1, 3♀; same site, 30.viii.2007, P1, 1♀
Comments. This species has a sporadic distribution, with erroneous remark on type- locality.
* Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) edwardsi Tjeder, 1967
New records. Korana Village, Plitvice Lakes, 29.vi.2007, P2, 1♂; same site, 29.ix.2008, P6, 1♀
Comments. Riverine species associated with sandy sediments mostly in mountainous areas (
* Rhypholophus phryganopterus Kolenati, 1860
New record. Spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 30.iv.2007, P1, 1♂
Comments. Montane species, distributed in Alps, Carpathians and Bulgarian mountains.
Eloeophila apicata (Loew, 1871)
New record. Upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 25.vii.2007, P4, 1♀
Comments. Common species associated with sandy sediment (
Eloeophila maculata (Meigen, 1804)
New records. Upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 2.x.2007, P5, 1♀; Crna rijeka by the bridge, Plitvice Lakes, 31.viii.2007, P2, 1♀
Comments. Common species with wide European distribution.
* Eloeophila miliaria (Egger, 1863)
New record. Brzaja, before N. Zvečeva, Papuk Mountain, 14.vi.2012, 1♀
Comments. Less common species than Eloeophila apicata and E. maculata. Reported from Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia.
Epiphragma (Epiphragma) ocellare (Linnaeus, 1760)
New records. Spring of Kupa River, 10.vi.2009, 1♀; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2011, 1♂
Comments. Very common species with wide distribution.
Hexatoma (Eriocera) chirothecata (Scopoli, 1763)
New records. Tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, Plitvice Lakes, 25.vii.2007, P4, 1♂; Korana Village, Plitvice Lakes, 26.vii.2007, P4, 1♀
Comments. Mostly distributed in southeastern Europe. Reported from majority of Balkan countries.
* Paradelphomyia (Oxyrhiza) senilis (Haliday, 1833)
New records. Upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 2.x.2007, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♀; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 28.vi.2007, P1, 2♀
Comments. A wide distributed species in Palearctic region, frequently collected around different flowing waters (
Antocha (Antocha) vitripennis (Meigen, 1830)
New record. Tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes, 27.vi.2013, P4, 1♂; tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, Plitvice Lakes, 1.vi.2008, P2, 1♂; Korana Village, Plitvice Lakes, 30.v.2007, P6, 1♂; same site and date, 29.vi.2007, P1, 1♂; same site and date, 30.vi.2008, P6, 1♂; Radmanove mlinice, Cetina River, 19.vii.2005, 1♂, 5♀.
Comments. A very common species.
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chorea (Meigen, 1818)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 1.vii.2010, P6, 1♂; same site, 2.viii.2011, P6, 1♂; upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 27.viii.2009, P3, 2♀; 1.vii.2010, P3, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2010, P3, 1♂; same site, 26.viii.2010, P1, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P3, 4♂, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 2♂; same site, 5.x.2010, P1, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 1♂; tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes, 29.x.2013, P1, 1♂; stream Plitvica, Plitvice Lakes, 30.viii.2007, P3, 1♂; Korana village, Plitvice Lakes, 29.vi.2007, P1, 1♂; Roški Slap, Krka River, 28.iv.2014, P4, 1♀;
Comments. A very common species.
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) didyma (Meigen, 1804)
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 30.viii.2007, P5, 15♂, 9♀; same site and date, P6, 6♂, 5♀; same site, 2.x.2007, P2, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P5, 4♂, 2♀; same site, 29.x.2007, P5, 1♂; same site, 1.vi.2008, P5, 1♀; same site, 22.vii.2008, P6, 4♂; same site, 27.viii.2008, P6, 1♀; same site, 29.ix.2008, P5, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 2♂; same site, 1.x.2009, P5, 1♂; same site and date, P6, 3♂, 3♀; same site, 30.x.2009, P5, 1♂, 2♀; same site, 8.xii.2009, P6, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 1.vii.2010, P6, 1♀; same site, 26.viii.2010, P5, 4♂, 8♀; same site and date, P6, 1♂; same site, 5.x.2010, P2, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P5, 4♂, 3♀; same site and date, P6, 2♂, 2♀; same site, 29.v.2011, P6, 7♂, 6♀; same site, 2.viii.2011, P6, 2♂, 1♀; same site, 6.ix.2011, P6, 12♂, 10♀; same site, 28.ix.2011, P6, 2♀; same site, 3.ix.2013, P6, 7♂, 5♀; upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 24.vii.2009, P1, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site, 27.viii.2009, P1, 5♂, 1♀; same site and date, P2, 1♀; same site, 1.x.2009, P1, 8♂, 2♀; same site and date, P2, 2♀; same site and date, P3, 3♂, 4♀; same site, 30.x.2009, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P3, 1♀; same site, 1.vii.2010, P2, 4♂, 4♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂; same site, 25.vii.2010, P2, 4♂, 5♀; same site, 26.viii.2010, P1, 3♂, 3♀; same site and date, P3, 1♂, 3♀; same site and date, P4, 2♂; same site, 5.x.2010, P1, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P2, 2♂; same site and date, P3, 14♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂, 3♀; same site, 2.xi.2010, P3, 3♀; same site and date, P4, 1♂, 8♀; same site, 10.xii.2010, P4, 1♀; tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes, 1.vi.2008, P4, 1♂; same site, 27.viii.2008, P5, 1♀; same site, 1.vii.2010, P4, 1♂, 4♀; stream Plitvica, Plitvice Lakes, 25.v.2007, 1♂; same site, 27.vii.2007, P2, 1♂; Roški Slap, Krka River, 28.iv.2011, 3♂, 2♀; same site, 25.v.2011, 5♂, 3♀; same site, 30.viii.2011, 1♀; same site, 13.x.2011, 1 ♂; same site, 6.xi.2013, P4, 1♂, 1♀; same site, 7.ii.2014, P4, 5♂, 1♀; same site, 5.iii.2014, P4, 1♀; same site, 2.iv.2014, P3, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂, 4♀; same site, 28.iv.2014, P4, 2♂, 3♀; same site, 2.vi.2014, P3, 1♂, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 3♂, 2♀; same site, 26.vi.2014, P3, 2♂, 1♀; same site and date, P4, 5♂, 1♀; same site, 26.vii.2014, P4, 1♂, 1♀; same site and date, P6, 2♂; Skradinski Buk, Krka River, 2.vi.2014, P3, 3♂, 2♀; same site, 26.vi.2014, P4, 1♀
Comments. A very common and abundant species.
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) goritiensis (Mik, 1864)
New records. Roški Slap, Krka River, 28.iv.2011, 2♂; same site, 25.v.2011, 2♂; same site, 2.vi.2014, P4, 1♀; same site, 26.vii.2014, P2, 1♂; same site and date, P4, 1♂, 2♀; same site, 2.ix.2014, P4, 1♀; same site, 2.x.2014, P1, 2♀; same site, 27.x.2014, P2, 2♀; same site and date, P4, 2♂; spring of Krka River, 25.v.2011, 1♂; spring of Krupa River, 26.v.2011, 1♂
Comments. Sporadic distributed species, which is associated with moss and/or algae covered stones, mostly around waterfalls and rocky coast. In the Balkan Peninsula it is recorded from Croatia and Greece.
* Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) imbecilla Lackschewitz, 1941
New records. Spring of Bijela rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2011, P2, 1♀; same site, 27.vi.2013, P1, 1♀; tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes, 27.vi.2013, P5, 1♂; spring Krčić, 29.iv.2011, 1♂; same site, 26.v.2011, 3♂, 4♀
Comments. The species is known from calcareous seepages depositing tufaceous substrate. The species known from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland (Stary and Stubbs 2015).
* Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lucida de Meijere, 1918
New record. Roški Slap, Krka River, 2.x.2014, P1, 1♀
Comments. Relatively common species in woodlands around rivers. In the Balkan Peninsula it is reported from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Greece.
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mitis (Meigen, 1830) complex
New records. Brzaja after N. Zvečevo, Papuk Mountain, 13.vi.2012, 1♂; upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 29.v.2009, P1, 1♂;; spring of Krka River, 7.vii.2011, 1♀
Comments. A very common and widespread species.
Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) modesta (Meigen, 1818)
New record. Roški Slap, Krka River, 25.v.2011, 2♂
Comments. A common species which inhabits various habitats, but mostly found in forests.
* Elliptera omissa Schiner, 1863
New record. Dubočanka stream, Papuk Mountain, 18.ix.2012, 1♀
Comments. Mountainous species. In the Balkan Peninsula it is reported from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
Limonia hercegovinae (Strobl, 1898)
New records. Upper reach of Bijele rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 28.iv.2007, P4, 1♂; spring of Crna rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, 30.iv.2007, P1, 1♂, 1♀; spring Jankovac, Papuk Mountain, 13.vi.2012, 1♀
Comments. A widely distributed species, but mostly in Balkan Peninsula.
Limonia macrostigma (Schummel, 1829)
New record. Brzaja, after N. Zvečeva, Papuk Mountain, 13.vi.2012, 1♂
Comments. Widely distributed and common species.
Limonia phragmitidis (Schrank, 1781)
New record. Brzaja, after N. Zvečeva, Papuk Mountain, 14.vi.2012, 2♀
Comments. Widely distributed and common species.
* Lipsothrix nobilis Loew, 1873
New record. Crna rijeka by the bridge, Plitvice Lakes, 28.vi.2007, P3, 1♂; tufa barrier Labudovac, Plitvice Lakes, 31.v.2007, P2, 2♂
Comments. Less common species associated with woodland streams and springs.
* Lipsothrix remota (Walker, 1848)
New records. Roški Slap, Krka River, 28.iv.2011, 1♂; same site, 25.v.2011, 1♂, 1♀
Comments. Less common species associated with woodland streams and springs.
Orimarga (Orimarga) virgo (Zetterstedt, 1851)
New record. Spring of Krka River, 7.vii.2011, 2♀
Comments. Species reported from the different types of calcareous rocky habitats, which are covered with moss and/or algae. In the Balkan Peninsula it is reported from Croatia, Greece and Slovenia.
In this paper we report for the first time four genera (Lipsothrix Loew, Paradelphomyia Alexander, Rhabdomastix Skuse and Tricyphona Zetterstedt) and 18 species new for Croatia. Including our results, eight Pediciidae and 87 Limoniidae have now been recorded from Croatia.
We would like to thank Mladen Kerovec and Zlatko Mihaljević for their generous financial support during all these years of field studies. The work was financed partly by Collegium Talentum and IDEI grant nr. PN–2–ID– PCE–2012–4–0595 of the Romanian Government. We would like to thank Miljenko Ivković for his immense support during years of field work.