Hirmoneura obscura, Wiedemann, 1820

Katona, Patrik, 2016, Hirmoneura obscura (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) represents a family new to Albania, Ecologica Montenegrina 8, pp. 62-63 : 62

Hirmoneura obscura (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820)

Material examined: Albania, Lezhë County, Rrapë , N 42.041586° E 19.978137°, 730m a.s.l. 26.07.2016, leg. P. Katona, 1 female .

Distribution: Austria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Syria, Turkey ( Bernardi 1973; Pape & Beuk 2013; Pape & Thompson 2013; Richter 1988).

Remarks: The occurrence of Hirmoneura obscura represents the first record of the family Nemestrinidae in Albania ( Fig. 1 .).

Figures

Figure 1. a. Black marking indicates the collecting locality of the Hirmoneura obscura (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) specimen. b. Habitus, dorsal view (scale bar = 10mm). c. Head, frontal view (scale bar = 1mm). d. Ovipositor, dorsal view (scale bar = 1mm).