New Records of Dilar turcicus Hagen, 1858 (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) on the Balkan Peninsula, with Notes on its Biology
Authors
Dušan Devetak
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, SLOVENIA
, University of Maribor
Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tsar Osvodboditel Blvd 1, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIA
, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7922-9910
Víctor J. Monserrat
Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Unidad Docente de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, José Antonio Novais, 12, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, SPAIN
, Complutense University of Madrid
The pleasing lacewing Dilar turcicus Hagen, 1858 is well known on the Balkan Peninsula from taxonomic and faunistic aspects, but its ecology and phenology have been poorly studied. The paper summarizes the published and new data on the distribution, phenology, ecology and altitude preferences of D. turcicus in the area. Altogether 26 unpublished records of the species are presented and a map documenting the known distribution is provided. The collecting place of D. turcicus in Serbia is the first record in the country and the northernmost locality on the Balkan Peninsula. In addition, the findings on the islands of Brač and Hvar confirm the presence of the species in Croatia after a hundred years.
Author Biographies
Dušan Devetak, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, SLOVENIA, University of Maribor
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor
Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova, National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tsar Osvodboditel Blvd 1, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIA, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvodboditel Blvd 1, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIA
Toni Koren, Alexanor, obrt za prirodoslovna istraživanja I savjetovanja, Šipkoica 20a, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Alexanor, obrt za prirodoslovna istraživanja I savjetovanja, Šipkoica 20a, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Víctor J. Monserrat, Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Unidad Docente de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, José Antonio Novais, 12, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, SPAIN, Complutense University of Madrid
Departamento de Biodiversidad, Ecología y Evolución, Unidad Docente de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, José Antonio Novais, 12, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, SPAIN
New Records of Dilar turcicus Hagen, 1858 (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) on the Balkan Peninsula, with Notes on its Biology. (2025). Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 27(2), 315-326. https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v27i2.2843
