Phyto brevipila Herting 1961

Phyto brevipila Herting (Fig. 10B) Material examined. L2: 1 ♀. Remarks. The specimen keys unambiguously to P. brevipila using Herting (1961). Compared with the original description, almost all diagnostic characters agree, including the black basicosta, a strong anepimeral seta, width of the frons, three sternopleural setae, abdominal coloration, narrowly open cell r 5, hairs on the arista and leg chaetotaxy. The only differences observed are the reddish frontal stripe (black in the present specimen), a somewhat wider peristome, and differences in the arrangement of the intraalar setae. The present specimen possesses three strong intra-alar setae on the left side (the median seta being equally strong and long) and two on the right side (the anterior and posterior setae strong, while the median seta is hair-like and weak). The holotype has strong median and posterior intra-alar setae and a weak anterior seta. Additional material is required to clarify the limits of variation within this species, as the present specimen represents only the second known specimen after the holotype. Distribution. Previously known only from the Italian Alps (holotype). This is the first record of the species from Albania and the Balkan Peninsula.