Vol. 76 (4) 2024

ARTICLES

New Records and an Updated Checklist of the Family Lonchaeidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria

Iain MacGowan1*, Miroslav Barták2 & Štěpán Kubík2

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1*Research Associate, National Museums of Scotland, Collection Centre, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh EH5 1JA; imacgowan9@gmail.com

2Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic; bartak@af.czu.cz, kubik@af.czu.cz

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.4.002770

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Abstract
An updated checklist of the family Lonchaeidae of Bulgaria is provided. Nine new species are added to the fauna, with one species previously listed requiring confirmation. The fauna now numbers 14 species in five genera.

Key words
Diptera, West Palaearctic, faunistics, new records

How to Cite
MacGowan I., Barták M. & Kubík Š. 2024. New Records and an Updated Checklist of the Family Lonchaeidae (Diptera) from Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (4) 583-585.

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