Diversity of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) of the Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria and Serbia)

Abstract

The present paper gives information about 61 dolichopodid species distributed in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria and Serbia. Twenty-two species, collected from 13 localities, are new to the Balkan Mountains and seven of them (Dolichopus longicornis, Hercostomus chetifer, Medetera pallipes, M. muralis, Neurigona quadrifasciata, N. pallida and Sciapus costea) are new to the fauna of Bulgaria. Medetera pallipes and Sciapus costea are also new to the Balkan Peninsula. Thus, the total number of known species of the family Dolichopodidae for Bulgaria increases to 204.

Two predatory Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) species associated with Ips acuminatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Bulgaria

“…The genus Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819 is one of the most species rich genera within the family Dolichopodidae encompassing about 180 Palaearctic species (Negrobov & Naglis, 2016). In Bulgaria, this genus is not well studied and only 15 species are known (Kechev et al, 2020;Kechev, 2021aKechev, , 2021b. In addition, special researches on the predator-prey relationship between Medetera and bark beetles have not been conducted in the country and only one species (M. pinicola) has been found in the galleries of Ips typographus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Doychev et al, 2016).…”

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

“…This present paper could be considered as a second part of the study on dolichopodid diversity of the Balkan Mountains. Kechev (2021b) did a review on dolichopodids in the region, where 61 species has been listed. The main purpose here is to provide new records of the family Dolichopodidae for the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula.…”