First records of Simulium (Hellichiella) latipes ( Meigen), Simulium ibarienseZivkovich & Grenier, Simulium codreanui ( Sherban) and the occurrence of Simulium bezzii ( Corti) (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Austria

Abstract

For the first time S. latipes, S. ibariense and S. codreanui were found in Austria. S. latipes, together with S. angustipes, S. trifasciatum, S. angustitarse, S. costatum and S. lundstromi, was collected in March 2002 from a small lowland stream (in the near of Bruck an der Leitha) that dried out in summer. In May 2000, S. ibariense was collected together with S. ornatum and S. erythrocephalum in the Lafnitz, a big, regulated lowland river near the Hungarian border. S. codreanui was found in two alpine rivers, the Winklbach in Carinthia and the Frutzbach in Vorarlberg together with P. hirtipes, P. rufipes, S. cryophilum. S. bezzii, together with S. ornatum and S. aureum had already been found in June 1951 in the Mauerbach in the Vienna woods. Thus the checklist of Simuliidae in Austria has been extended to 45 species.