Water bugs (Heteroptera) in the catchment area of River Sitnica (Serbia)
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This paper includes the first study of the distribution of Heteroptera in the ecologically highly threatened catchment area of Sitnica River. It is the only recipient for large amounts of waste water which alter its ecological characteristics. There were 12 species of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs recorded in 88 samples: Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, Corixa punctata (Illiger), Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata (Fieber), Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata (Fieber), Sigara (Sigara) striata (Linnaeus), Sigara (Subsigara) iactans Jansson, Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach), Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis (Fabricius), Mesovelia furcata Mulsant & Rey, Velia (Plesiovelia) caprai Tamanini. Sigara (Subsigara) iactans is a new species for Serbian fauna. Among the collected specimens three species stood out: Sigara (Sigara) striata, Sigara (Subsigara) iactans and Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis.This paper includes the first study of the distribution of Heteroptera in the ecologically highly threatened catchment area of Sitnica River. It is the only recipient for large amounts of waste water which alter its ecological characteristics. There were 12 species of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs recorded in 88 samples: Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, Corixa punctata (Illiger), Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata (Fieber), Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata (Fieber), Sigara (Sigara) striata (Linnaeus), Sigara (Subsigara) iactans Jansson, Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis (Leach), Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis (Fabricius), Mesovelia furcata Mulsant & Rey, Velia (Plesiovelia) caprai Tamanini. Sigara (Subsigara) iactans is a new species for Serbian fauna. Among the collected specimens three species stood out: Sigara (Sigara) striata, Sigara (Subsigara) iactans and Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis.
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Protić, L., & Živić, N. (2012). Water bugs (Heteroptera) in the catchment area of River Sitnica (Serbia). Acta Entomologica Serbica, 17(1/2), 29-37. Retrieved from https://aes.bio.bg.ac.rs/index.php/aes/article/view/62
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BERCHI, G.M., PETROVICI, M. & ILIE, D.M., 2011. Aquatic and semiaquatic true bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Cefa Nature Park (North-Western Romania). Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie, 18: 29-33.
BODA, P. & SOÓS, N., 2010. Checklist of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs of Hungary (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha). Available through: http://www.mavige.hu/dokument/hungarian_aquatic_semiaquatic_heteroptera_checklist.pdf. (Accessed on December 17th, 2010)
CSIKI, E., 1940. Félszárnyúrovarok. Hemipteren. Csiki Ernöállatanikutatásai Albániabán. Explorationes zoologicaeab E.Csiki in Albaniaperactae 17. A Magyar Tudománios Akademia Balkán-kutatásainaktudománios Eredmenyei,Budapest, 1: 289-315.
Divac, N. 1907. Contribution to knowledge on Serbian hemipteran fauna. Radovi iz zoološkog instituta u Univerzitetu,Beograd 1(1): 4-14. [in Serbian]
GOGALA, A. 2003. Heteroptera of Slovenia, I. Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. Annales, Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies, Series historia naturalis, 13(2): 229-240.
HORVÁTH, G., 1897. Fauna regni Hungariae. Animalium Hungariaehucusque cogitorum enumeratio systematica 111. Arthropoda. Ordo: Hemiptera. Budapest, 72 pp.
HORVÁTH, G., 1903. Szerbia Hemiptera - faunaja. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 1: 3-28.
ILIE, D.M. & BAN-CALEFARIU, C., 2010. Faunistic and ecological characterization of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) communities in permanent swamps situated in Făgăraş Depression and Sibiu Depression (Romania). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 53: 181-190.
JOSIFOV, M., 1999. Heteropterous insects in the Sandanski-Petrich Kettle, Southwestern Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica, 10: 35-66
KMENT, P. & BERAN, L., 2011. Check-list of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Croatia with two new records and four rediscoveries. Natura Croatica, 20(1): 159–178.
KORMILEV, N., 1936. I Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Verbreitung Jugoslavischer Hemiptera-Heteroptera (Süd Serbien und Serbien). Glasnik skopskog naučnog društva 17 (5): 29-54. [1. prilog poznavanju Hemiptera – Heteroptera Jugoslavije (Južna Srbija i Srbija)] [Serbian w. German sum.].
LANGHOFFER, A., 1899. Contributions to the entomological fauna of Croatia. Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, 141: 11-26. [in Croatian]
PANTLE, R. & BUCK, H., 1955. Die biologische Überwachung der Gewässer und die Darstellung der Ergebnisse. Gas und Wasserfach, 96: 604-607.
PROTIĆ, LJ., 1990. Collection of Hemiptera – Heteroptera of Nicholas A. Kormilev in the Natural History Museum in Belgrade. Part two (manuscr.), 114 pp. [In Serbian]
PROTIĆ, LJ., 1998. Catalogue of the Heteroptera fauna of Yugoslav countries. Part one. Prirodnjački muzej u Beogradu, Posebna Izdanja, 38, 1–215.
PROTIĆ, LJ., 2011. New Heteroptera for the fauna of Serbia. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, 4: 119-125.
PROTIĆ, LJ. & ŽIVIĆ, I., 2007. New data on water bugs (Heteroptera) in Serbia. Acta entomologica serbica, 12(2): 17-26.
PROTIĆ, LJ. & ŽIVIĆ, N., 2012. A contribution to aquatic Heteroptera in Šar Planina Mts. and Pešter Plateau (Serbia). Acta entomologica slovenica (in press).
SAVAGE, A.A., 1989. Adults of the British aquatic Hemiptera Heteroptera. A key with ecological notes. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, 173 pp.
SAVAGE, A.A., 1990. A key to the adults of British lesser water boatmen (Corixidae). Field Studies, 7: 485-515.
ŠEAT, J., 2011. True bugs (Heteroptera) of Pčinja valley (Serbia). Acta entomologica serbica, 16(1/2): 9-24.
ŠTUSÁK, J., 1980. Order Heteroptera. In: Rozkošny, R. (ed.): Key to larvae of aquatic insects. Československa Akademie Věd. Praha, Praha, pp.: 133–155. [in Czech]
ŽIVIĆ, I., PROTIĆ, LJ. & MARKOVIĆ, Z., 2007. Southernmost finding in Europe of Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae). Zootaxa, 1496: 63–68.
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., 1998. Macroinvertebrate community as a biological indicator of the ecological condition of the Sitnica river basin. PhD Thesis (manuscr.), University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Institute of Biology, Novi Sad, 116pp. [in Serbian]
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., MILJANOVIĆ, B. & ĐUKIĆ, N., 2003. The influence of pollution of suspended substances from the termopower plant “Obilić” on Oligochaeta community in the river Sitnica in Serbia and Montenegro. In: Anonymous (ed.): 9th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, Altera, Green World Reasearch, Department of Ecology & Environment, Wageningen, Netherlands, p. 9.
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., MILJANOVIĆ, B. & KOSTOV, V., 2007. Diversity and dominance of taxa of Oligochaeta association in the catchment area of river Sitnica. In: Anonymous (ed.): III Congress of ecologists of Macedonia with international participation. Proceedings. Macedonian Ecological Society, pp.: 13-16.
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., MILJANOVIĆ, B &, JAKŠIĆ, T., 2007a. Distribution of genus Gammarus Fabricius 1775 (Amphipoda) in flowing water ecosystems at Kosovo and Metohija. In: Anonymous (ed.): I Congress of Biologists of Republic of Serbia. Proceedings, Palić.
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., ŠAPKAREV, J. & LABUS, N. 1997. Composittion and Distribution of Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) in River Sitnica Basin and in River Ibar. Univerzitetska misao, Priština, 4(2): 97-101.
ŽIVIĆ, V.N., ŠAPKAREV, J. & MILJANOVIĆ, B., 2000. Dominance of population of Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claperede, 1862 in Oligochaeta community in the middle flow of the river Sitnica in Yugoslavia. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, 22(4): 76-79.
ŽIVOJINOVIĆ, S., 1950. La faune des insectes du Domaine foresiter de Majdanpek. Monographie entomologique. Srpska akademija nauka, Posebna izdanja, Knjiga CLX, Institut za ekologiju i biogeografiju, Knjiga 2, 262 pp. [in Serbian, with French s.]