NEW RECORDS OF LANCE FLIES (DIPTERA: LONCHAEIDAE) TO BULGARIA AND MONTENEGRO WITH NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILY LONCHAEIDAE FOR THE BALKAN PENINSULA

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2019
Authors:M. Kechev, Langourov M.
Journal:Silva Balcanica
Volume:20
Issue:1
Pagination:85-88
Abstract:

Two species of the family Lonchaeidae (Lonchaea peregrina and Silba fumosa) are recorded as new to the fauna of Bulgaria and one lonchaeid (Lonchaea affinis) is recorded as new to Montenegro and also to the Balkan Peninsula. With these data the number of the Bulgarian lonchaeids is 5 species and for Montenegro is 3. For the Balkan Peninsula the family Lonchaeidae is not well studied and it is average investigated only in Greece where the fauna presents 22 species up to now. The entire number of Lonchaeidae species for the Balkan Peninsula is 26. 

DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.8235389
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