Entomologica Romanica Vol. 22 / 2018

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19.3335° E, 23.06.2017, 2 males, 3 females, leg. Kolcsár L.-P., Török E. (DCBBU). Remarks'. Faunistic records suggests that is a less common species, being mostly found in higher mountainous areas. Based upon the observations of the lead author (Kolcsár) the species is more frequently found at high elevations of up to 2200 m in Romania, where it seems to prefer cold streams with sandy or muddy banks. However specimens from Montenegro were collected at lower altitudes under sub-Mediterranean climatic conditions, around the very cold Mrtvica River (summer water temperature approximately 13-15°C), which creates a cooler micro-climate in the area close to the river (Fig. 1 A). The species flies during the summer to autumn period as is perhaps typical for many montane species. Dicranota (Paradicranota) mikiana (Lackschewitz, 1940) Material examined'. Greece, Ropodi country, Sapka Mts, torrent in an oak forest, 651 m, 14 km East of Nea Sanda, 41.1271° N 25.8871° E, 04.04.2007, 1 male, leg. Murányi D. (HNHM). Remarks'. It is a rare species, which was reported only from Austria, Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia (Oosterbroek 2018, Kolcsár et al. 2012). The species was recently collected in Serbia (Gavryushin in Utt. 2015 see Oosterbroek 2018), and so our data suggests that the species is more widely distributed than previously thought, with these new observations from Greece. The available data suggests an early spring flight period. Dicranota (Paradicranota) minuta (Lackschewitz, 1940) Material examined'. Albania, Rrogam, spring system of the River Valbona spring, 1457 m, 42.4103° N 19.8228° E, 02.06.2005, 1 male, leg. Murányi D. (HNHM). Remarks'. It is a rare montane species, known from the Alps, the Carpathians and the Caucasus. The biology and ecology of the species is largely unknown. In both Romania and Albania (Dinaric Alps) the species was collected around mountain spring habitat (Fig. IB). Here we report for the first time from the Albania. Dicranota (Paradicranota) landrocki (Czizek, 1931) Fig. 2-3. Photos were taken from a specimen collected in Gârbău Valley, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 15.04.2017. Material examined'. Republic of Macedonia, Maloviste, Pelister Mts., Pelister National Park, 1200 m, 41.0320° N 21.1215° E, 11.05.2012, 7 males, 1 female, leg. Kolcsár L.-P., Török E., Keresztes L. (DCBBU). Greece, Drama, Rodopi Mts., Skaloti, 985 m, 41.4159° N 24.2851° E, 28.07.2007, 6 males, leg. Bálint M. (DCBBU). Remarks'. This species is relatively common and widespread within the medium altitude mountainous areas of Central Europe, but was only sporadically found in the Balkans. Our data represents the first records from the Republic of Macedonia and from Greece. Based on the observations of the lead author (Kolcsár), the species is found by brooks and smaller rivers with sandy bands (Fig. 1C). D. landrocki is known to exhibit a bivoltine phenology in Central Europe. Pedicia (Crunobia) straminea (Meigen, 1838) Material examined'. Luxembourg, Echternach, 187 m, 49.8164° N 6.4119° E, 05.09.2005, 1 male, leg. Keresztes L. (DCBBU). Remarks'. It is a common species, which prefers pebbly stream beds (first author observation). It is the first record from Luxembourg. Family: PEDICIIDAE Subfamily: ULINAE Ula (Ula) mollissima (Haliday, 1833) Material examined'. Republic of Macedonia, Novo Selo, Bistra Mts., Marlovo National Park, 990 m, 41.7194° N 20.8289° E, 29.06.2017, 2 males, leg. Kolcsár L.-P., Török E. (DCBBU); Izvor, Treska river, 755 m, 41.4802° N 20.8347° E, 1 male, 1 female, leg. Kolcsár L.-P., Török E. (DCBBU). Remarks'. A common woodland species associated with fungi. This is the first record from the Republic of Macedonia. Aknowledgements The authors thank Dávid Murányi, Miklos Bálint and Graf Wolfram for collecting specimens. We thank Pete Boardman for his comments on the text. References Alexander C. P. (1975) New or little-known crane flies from Iran. I. (Diptera: Tipulidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82: 279-284. Dénes A.-L., Kolcsár L.-P., Török E. and Keresztes L. (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Carpathian endemic Pedicia (Crunobia) staryi species-group (Diptera, Pediciidae) based on morphology and molecular data. ZooKeys 569: 81-104. Gao J., Shih C., Kopec K., Krzeminski W. and Ren D. (2015) New species and revision of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia. Zootaxa 3964: 77-86. Hancock E.G., Hewitt S.M., Horsfield D., Lyszkowsi M., MacGowan I., RicarteA., Rotheray G. and Watt K. (2015) Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae. Zootaxa 3911:231-244. 6

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