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Eccoptomera longiseta (Meigen) (Fig. 6A) Material examined. L7: 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Distribution. The species is widespread in Europe, although in the Balkan Peninsula, it has only been reported from Bulgaria (Gorodkov 1984; Woźnica 2013; Hubenov 2021). This is the first record of the genus and the species from Albania. Remarks. A subtroglophilous species (Kocot-Zalewska & Woźnica 2021), mainly collected in high-altitude forests (e.g., Preisler et al. 2022). The present specimens were collected by sweeping sparse vegetation on the almost completely barren slope of Mali me Gropa.
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