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Abstract:
The west palearctic species ol Marthamea are reviewed. Adults are distinct from other European genera, but larvae
and eggs are very similar to those of genus Phasganophora. M. beraudi (Navás) (Antilebanon Mts.) is re-instated as a species
distinct from M. vitripennis (Burmeister). A lectotype of the latter is designated. Its range includes south-west, central
and south-east Europe. Records from Syria are unconfirmed, those from Israel are erroneous. The species has in the
past been confused with larvae of a Phasganophora species. M. selysii (Pictet) has brachypterous males and is known from
Spain north'to Meuse and Moselle rivers. Keys to adults and larvae are presented, but larval M. selysii and M. vitripennis
can presently not be separated. The European Marthamea species are inhabitants of the potamon and are endangered;
they are presently already extinct in parts of their former ranges.
