Atractides robustus

Atractides robustus (Sokolow, 1940) - complex (Fig. 8F) Published records: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Pešić et al. (2024a); Montenegro: Pešić et al. (2021a). Distribution: Central and southern Europe, Russia, Latvia, Caucasus, Türkiye, Iran. New barcode sequences: Montenegro: ADZ9348 (HYDMN443-24, HYDMN380-24, HYDMN367-24). Greece: AGC6045 (BSNTN1975-24). BINs: BOLD:ADZ9348, BOLD:AGC6045. BIN distribution: BOLD:ADZ9348 (Germany, Austria, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Romania), BOLD:AGC6045 (Greece). Remarks: Recently, Pešić et al. (2023b) showed that A. robustus, a species originally described from the Caucasus (the affluents of the Kuban River), consists of two distinct lineages. The first lineage cluster several BINs populations from eastern Türkiye and northern Iran, and is likely conspecific with A. robustus, while the second lineage, which includes A. robustus -like specimens from central and southern Europe (BIN: ADZ9348), possible represents a cryptic species new to science.