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Poecilobothrus regalis Dolichopodinae

  • 1. Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 132, ″ St. Kliment Ohridski ″ Blvd. 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria mkechev @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9852 - 5184
  • 2. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH- 8057 Zurich, Swit- zerland
  • 3. Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Faculty of Science, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, 48000, Muðla, Turkey alpertonguc @ mu. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2613 - 3114
  • 4. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium; and Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium mpollet. doli @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5198 - 5928

Description

189. Poecilobothrus regalis (Meigen, 1824) (Dolichopodinae) - First record for European Turkey

= Gymnopternus regalis (Meigen, 1824)

ETR: Site 30: 3♀; Site 31: 8♂, 1♀; Site: 34: 3♂, 5♀; Site 37: 4♂, 6♀.

BG: (Parent 1938), Topolite village (Beschovski 1971); Chirpan (Kechev 2005, 2012a); Spasovo village near Chirpan (Pollet et al. 2010); Gradina floodplain forest (Kechev 2012b); Omurovska river near Partizanin village, Tekirska river near Spasovo village, Kayaliika river near Varbitsa village and Ezerovo village, Maritsa river (Kechev 2014); Basha near Chirpan (Kechev & Ivanova 2015a); Omurovska river near Plodovitovo, Medovo, Cherna gora and Gorno Belevo villages, (Kechev et al. 2014); Sarnena Sredna Gora Mt., Markovo, Chehlare, Naydenovo villages, Kavakliika hut (Kechev 2016); Maritsa river near Chirpan (Kechev 2019); GR: (Negrobov 1991); HR: Split (Spalato) (listed as G. regalis Meig. (Strobl 1904)); NM: Prespa Geul; Oteševo near lake (Coe 1960, 1968); RO-DO: Canaraua Fetei, Dobrodja (Pârvu 1995).

Remarks. Poecilobothrus regalis is a very common species in the lower elevations of Bulgaria (1–350 m a.s.l.), recorded with a large number of specimens along river banks and ponds with well-developed hygrophilous vegetation (Kechev et al. 2014; Kechev & Ivanova 2015a; Kechev 2019).

Notes

Published as part of Kechev, Mihail, Naglis, Stefan, Tonguç, Alper & Pollet, Marc, 2020, Checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) of the Balkan Peninsula with first records for Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and for the European part of Turkey, pp. 436-472 in Zootaxa 4819 (3) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397053

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References

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