Ecologica Montenegrina 44: 69-95 (2021) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.44.10 Biodiversity, DNA barcoding data and ecological traits of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) in the catchment area of the Mediterranean karst River Cetina (Croatia) IVAN VUČKOVIĆ1*, MLADEN KUČINIĆ2**, ANĐELA ĆUKUŠIĆ3, MARIJANA VUKOVIĆ4, RENATA ĆUK5, SVJETLANA STANIĆ-KOŠTROMAN6, DARKO CERJANEC7 & MLADEN PLANTAK1 1Elektroprojekt d.d., Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Section of Ecology, Alexandera von Humboldta 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia. E-mails:
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[email protected] **Equally contributing author Received 2 June 2021 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 19 July 2021 │ Published online 2 August 2021. Abstract The environmental and faunistic research conducted included defining the composition and distribution of caddisflies collected using ultraviolet (UV) light trap at 11 stations along the Cetina River, from the spring to the mouth, and also along its tributaries the Ruda River and the Grab River with two sampling stations each, and the Rumin River with one station.