Mihail Kechev
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9852-5184; Gergana Zaemdzhikova
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-4331; Blagoy Koychev
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-4183
2 September 2024 ·
volume 46 · (
issue 9) · pp. 227–233 ·
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Abstract: The present paper gives information about spring dolichopodids collected from April to June in Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria. Twenty-five species were found, as thirteen are new for the studied area and one of them (Achalcus cinereus (Haliday in Walker, 1851)) is new to the fauna of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula too.
Keywords: Achalcus cinereus, Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria, Dolichopodidae, new records, Vitosha Mountain
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