Paracladopelma mikianum

Paracladopelma mikianum (Goetghebuer, 1937) Material examined. 2 pupal exuvia, Rika River (S 6), 7 May 2018; 1 pupal exuvium, Tisa River (S 12), 8 May 2018. Distribution. Palaearctic. The species was recorded only from a few countries in Europe (e. g., Spain, Hungary, Slovakia, Portugal, France, Germany, Romania) and North Africa (Morocco, Lebanon). Habitat. It is a rheophilic species inhabiting fast-flowing streams and rivers (Moller Pillot 2009). Although Calle-Martínez and Casas (2006) listed the species in a chironomid community usually associated with low-temperature or torrential mountain streams, our finding from Tisa River and other records from large lowland rivers (Gandouin et al. 2006; Klink 2010) indicate that the species does not have as strict cold temperature preferences as though previously (Ringe 1974). Remarks. Laville and Vinçon (1986) considered the species to be a Mediterranean-Palaearctic element whose northern limit is located in the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Carpathians.