Catalogus Novus Faunae Austriae, No. 1

With 16 species belonging to 14 genera, branchiopod diversity in Austria is very high which is mainly due to the biogeographical situation of the country: the floodplains of the Morava river, as well as the Neusiedler See – Seewinkel region show a strong Pannonian influence. Species with holarctic and European distribution are also found in Austria, as well as a few Mediterranean species. With the exception of Lynceus brachyurus (Laevicaudata), all species documented in Austria have been found within the last ten years, some of them for the first time in decades. Thus, almost one quarter of the 68 European large branchiopod species and two thirds of the 22 European genera presently known occur on less than 1% of the European land mass.