Effective identification of species using short DNA fragments (DNA barcoding and DNA
metabarcoding) requires reliable sequence reference libraries of known taxa. Both taxonomically …

Background Taxonomy offers precise species identification and delimitation and thus provides
basic information for biological research, eg through assessment of species richness. The …

Adults and larvae of two new cryptic, endemic caddisflies, Ecclisopteryx keroveci sp. n. and
Ecclisopteryx ivkae sp. n., are described and illustrated from the Western Balkans. …

The caddisfly subfamily Drusinae BANKS comprises roughly 100 species inhabiting mountain
ranges in Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. A 3-gene phylogeny of the subfamily …

In this paper we describe Drusus sharrensis sp. n., from the Sharr Mountains in Kosovo.
Males of the new species are morphologically most similar to Drusus krusniki Malicky, 1981, …

The Balkan Peninsula is one of the most important European hotspots of freshwater biodiversity.
The region is, however, to a large extent insufficiently investigated. Here we present …

Background Dirofilariosis is an emerging vector-borne parasitic disease in Europe. Monitoring
of wild and domestic carnivores demonstrated circulation of Dirofilaria spp. in Romania in …

The ecology of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Romania)
was investigated by combining studies on the virus genetics, phylogeography, …

Two new species of the genus Drusus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Drusinae) from the Western
Balkans are described. Additionally, observations on the biodiversity and threats to the …

New species are described in the genera Wormaldia (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) and
Drusus (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae, Drusinae). Additionally, the larva of the new species …