Additional notes on aquatic Coleoptera of the Upper Neretva River catchment and Zalomka River

Brojer, Michaela (author)

As a follow-up to the investigation of the water beetle fauna of the upper course of the Neretva River in 2022, during the second »Neretva Science Week« in June 2023, additional tributaries were sampled and the presence of the endemic Bosnian species Hydraena bosnica has been confirmed (male specimens were collected). Additionally, three springs located at the slopes of the Neretva Valley were examined. Zalomka River exhibited an entirely different water beetle assemblage in comparison to that of the Neretva River and its tributaries, resulting from its intermittent character.

• Language: English
• Keywords: water beetles, Hydraena bosnica, Prionocyphon serricornis, intermittent river
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Other scientific articles
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 123-127
• Numbering: Vol. 27, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-180725
• ISSN on article: 1854-3081
• DOI: 10.14720/ns.19816

Note

NASLOV: Dodatne informacije o vodenim tvrdokrilcima sliva gornje Neretve i rijeke Zalomke / APSTRAKT: Kao nastavak istraživanja faune vodenih insekata gornjeg toka rijeke Neretve započetog 2022. godine, istraživanje je nastavljeno tokom Druge sedmice nauke (jun 2023. godine). Prikupljani su uzorci sa novih lokaliteta i potvrđeno je prisustvo bosanskohercegovačke endemske vrste Hydraena bosnica (muški primjerci). Uz to, prikupljeni su uzorci sa još tri izvora sa padina iznad rijeke Neretve. Rijeka Zalomka ima potpuno drugačiju zajednicu vodenih insekata od rijeke Neretve i njenih pritoka, što je rezultat njenog povremenog toka. / KLJUČNE RIJEČI: vodeni tvrdokrilci, Hydraena bosnica, Prionocyphon serricornis, povremeni tok

• Publication date in RUL: 08.04.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Natura Sloveniae : revija za terensko biologijo = journal of field biology
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani = University of Ljubljana Press, Biotehniška fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani = Biotechnical Faculty at University of Ljubljana, Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo = National Institute of Biology
• ISSN: 1854-3081
• COBISS.SI-ID: 221920000

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Dodatne informacije o vodnih hroščih povodja gornje Neretve in reke Zalomke

Abstract

Kot nadaljevanje raziskovanja favne vodnih hroščev zgornjega toka reke Neretve v letu 2022 smo na drugem »Tednu znanosti Neretva« junija 2023 vzorčili dodatne pritoke. Potrdili smo prisotnost bosanske endemične vrste Hydraena bosnica (moški osebki). Poleg tega smo povzorčili tri izvire na obronkih doline Neretve. Reka Zalomka ima popolnoma drugačno združbo vodnih hroščev kot Neretva s pritoki, kar je posledica njenega presihajočega značaja.

• Keywords: vodni hrošči, Hydraena bosnica, Prionocyphon serricornis, presihajoča reka