Long-legged flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria, with first records for the Balkan Peninsula

Mihail Kechev; Blagoy Koychev

Mihail Kechev https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9852-5184; Blagoy Koychev https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-4183

27 October 2021 · volume 43 · (issue 4) · pp. 43–49 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: The paper presents information about 35 dolichopodid flies collected from 12 localities in the Balkan Mountains at the territory of Bulgaria. Two species, Campsicnemus pusillus and Sciapus maritimus, are recorded for the first time in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula. Another nine ones are listed for the first time to the Balkan Mountains range.

Keywords: Balkan Mountains, Dolichopodidae, fauna, new records

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