Ľuboš Hrivniak

Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS · Department of Biodiversity and Conservation biology

As part of our detailed study of the Caucasian mayfly fauna, we describe Epeorus (Caucasiron) abditussp. nov., a new species of the genus Epeorus Eaton, 1881, subgenus Caucasiron Kluge, 1997, based on larvae collected in Türkiye, Georgia, and Russia. We use several methodological approaches to delimit the new species by analysing COI sequence data...

Deposits of fly ash and other coal combustion wastes are common remnants of the energy industry. Despite their environmental risks from heavy metals and trace elements, they have been revealed as refuges for threatened terrestrial biodiversity. Surprisingly, freshwater biodiversity of fly ash sedimentation lagoons remains unknown despite such lack...

Two new species from Grande Terre Island, New Caledonia, namely Fasciamirus petersorum sp. nov. and Simulacala rara sp. nov. are described based on larval morphology and molecular data (COI sequences). Fasciamirus petersorum sp. nov. is distributed in the southern part of the island and is characterised by a reduced third segment of the labial palp...

The evolution and distribution of mountain biota are closely linked with mountain formation and topographic complexity. Here we explore the diversification of cold‐tolerant mayflies of the subgenus Epeorus (Caucasiron) in the south‐eastern Greater Caucasus, an area of dynamic changes in topography since the Miocene, driven by the convergence of the...

A new species, Epeorus (Caucasiron) hyrcanicus sp. nov., is described based on larval morphology and molecular data (COI) containing sequences from all Caucasian Caucasiron species described to date. The species is distributed in the Hyrcanian forest of southeastern Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. Based on our wide-range sampling, the new species...

The Caucasus and adjacent areas are inhabited by fifteen species of mayflies of the genus Epeorus, subgenus Caucasiron Kluge, 1997 (Heptageniidae). This identification guide aims to facilitate an accurate species identification of their larvae and sum up all available information on their taxonomy and distribution. An identification key is provided...

Combining morphological and molecular data in an integrative approach, three new mayfly species of Epe-orus (Caucasiron) are described. These include Epeorus (Caucasiron) alborzicus Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov. and Epeorus (Caucasiron) shargi Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov. from northern Iran, and Epeorus (Caucasiron) zagrosicus Hrivniak & Sroka, sp. nov....

A common hypothesis for the high biodiversity of mountains is the diversification driven by orogeny creating conditions for rapid in situ speciation of resident lineages. The Caucasus is a young mountain system considered as a biodiversity hotspot; however, the origin and evolution of its diversity remain poorly understood. This study focuses on ma...

New and interesting records of 60 Diptera species in ten families, namely Anisopodidae, Blephariceridae, Campichoetidae, Dixidae, Drosophilidae, Limoniidae, Lonchopteridae, Pediciidae, Psychodidae and Scatopsidae, are presented in this paper based on the specimens collected in Azerbaijan and Georgia. A total of 26 species are recorded for the first...

Electronic supplementary material 1 to the article: Oboňa J., Dvořák L., Haenni J.-P., Hrivniak Ľ., Japoshvili B., Ježek J., Kerimova I., Máca J., Murányi D., Rendoš M., Słowińska I., Snegovaya N., Starý J. & Manko P. 2019. New and interesting records of Diptera from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 277–295.

Electronic supplementary material 2 to the article: Oboňa J., Dvořák L., Haenni J.-P., Hrivniak Ľ., Japoshvili B., Ježek J., Kerimova I., Máca J., Murányi D., Rendoš M., Słowińska I., Snegovaya N., Starý J. & Manko P. 2019. New and interesting records of Diptera from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 277–295.

Epeorus (Caucasiron) turcicus sp. nov. is described based on larvae from NE Turkey. The new species can be distinguished from other Caucasiron by a unique combination of several diagnostic characters: the presence of a rounded hypodermal medial femur spot, colouration of abdominal terga and sterna, narrow gill plate VII, fine hair-like setae on the...

Aquatic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of selected Natura 2000 protected sites in eastern Slovakia-a new record for Slovakia and new distribution records.-Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur., 67: 97-108, 2018. Abstract: Results of faunistic research of aquatic Coleoptera in seven Natura 2000 Sites of Community Importance are presented in this paper. Altoge...

We provide the first commented checklist of Armenian mayflies, based on all relevant literature and recent extensive sampling of 72 localities throughout Armenia during 2011, 2014, and 2015. Altogether 46 species are listed, eight of them reported from Armenia for the first time. One new species, Ecdyonurus (Ecdyonurus) eurycephalus sp. nov. is des...

The first records of two Diptera species, Scaptomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1847) (Drosophilidae) and Swammerdamella brevicornis (Meigen, 1830) (Scatopsidae), from Azerbaijan are presented. The family Scatopsidae is reported for the first time from Azerbaijan.

The results show high congruence between the morphologicical and molecular species delimitation and a high degree of the geographical isloation between populations. Moreover, several new species were discovered. Monophyly of the subgenus Caucasiron , as well as one of the two earlier proposed morphological species-groups was supported. The phylogen...

An initial checklist of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Iran compiled based on the literature data and new data from the north-western Iran reported only 46 species and 25 genera.

An initial checklist of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Iran is compiled based on critical review of available literature data, complemented with new data from 38 localities of Gilan and Ardabil provinces. At present, altogether only 46 species and 25 genera are known from Iran, 18 species are reported as new to Iran in this study. Some previously publ...

Records of species of the family Limoniidae from Azerbaijan are presented. A total of 16 species are listed. Of these, 5 species represent the first records from Azerbaijan, viz. Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) melanura Savchenko, 1984, Cheilotrichia (Empeda) minima (Strobl, 1898), Molophilus (Molophilus) crimensis Savchenko, 1976, Rhabdomastix...

First records of the following species of the family Dolichopodidae are given for Armenia: Asyndetus latifrons (Loew, 1857), Sybistroma obscurella Fallen, 1823, Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849), H. vivax (Loew, 1857), Chrysotimus molliculus (Fallén, 1823), Rhaphium discigerum Stenhammar, 1851, Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823), Teuchophorus mo...

First records of four species of the family Dolichopodidae are given. Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988 from subfamily Diaphorinae, Dolichopus agilis Meigen, 1824 from subfamily Dolichopodinae, Medetera glaucella Kowarz, 1877 from subfamily Mediterinae and Syntormon tarsatus (Fallén, 1823) from subfamily Sympycninae increase the current national specie...

The new species Epeorus (Caucasiron) bicolliculatus sp. nov. is described based on larvae and adults. Diagnostic characters are given with regard to the related species. The most pronounced difference is represented by protuberances on larval abdominal terga II–IX, present exclusively in E. (C.) bicolliculatus sp. nov. Primary data on the biology a...

The first record of Osmylus cilicicus Krüger, 1913 from Samos is presented and the species' distribution is briefly discussed. This is a new species for Greece and Europe simultaneously.

First records of 12 species of the Diptera families: Anisopodidae, Bibionidae, Dixidae, Ptychopteridae, and Scatopsidae from Armenia are presented together with the first checklist of these families from this area. The species richness of the anisopodid fauna in Armenia currently comprises 2 species, the bibionid fauna 3 species, the dixid fauna 3...

An inventory of species from families Brachystomatidae, Empididae and Hybotidae from random and nonintensive samplings from Uzh River Basin in the Ukraine is presented. Thirteen empidid species [Empis (E.) filata, Hemerodromia oratoria, Hilara flavipes, H. hyposeta, H. intermedia, H. lasiochira, H. litorea, H. media, Chelifera precatoria, C. trapez...

A species inventory of Diptera from the families Empididae and Hybotidae from 5 selected Sites of Community Importance in the Pieniny Mts. (Slovakia) is presented. The checklist comprises 43 taxa (34 taxa of the family Empididae and 9 species of the family Hybotidae), including first records of Empis (E.) ciliatopennata Strobl, 1893 and Hilara curt...

The scarce European dance fly Chelifera aperticauda Collin, 1927 (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) is recorded for the first time from Slovakia. One male was found in the Pieniny Mts. The distribution and habitats of this species are reviewed and briefly discussed.

Records of species of the families Limoniidae and Pediciidae are presented from Armenia. A total of 38 species of Limoniidae and four species of Pediciidae are listed. Of these, 27 species of Limoniidae and one species of Pediciidae represent the first records from Armenia. The first checklist of these families from Armenia is appended, containing...

The feeding habits of two different populations of Perla pallida from two different streams in Armenia are described. Among Plecoptera, Perlidae have been particularly well studied regarding their feeding habits, but the trophic behaviour of this species all along its distribution area was neglected. This is the first information on the nymphal die...