Brachyptera risi (Morton, 1896)

Macedonia: Valandovo municipality, Belasica Mts, Bašibos, Anska Reka at Kočuli settlement, 310 m, N41°18.658’ E22°41.717’, 20.02.2014, leg. DA, LD, TK, DM: 3♂, 6♂ 7♀ larvae, 3♂ exuviae (HNHM: PLP4585), 1♂, 1♂ larva, 1♂ exuviae (MM: 2014-30); same locality, 05.05.2014, leg. TK, DM: 1♀ (MM: 2014-46); Valandovo municipality, Belasica Mts, Bašibos, Karani Stream NE of the village, 400 m, N41°19.076’ E22°42.434’, 20.02.2014, leg. DA, LD, TK, DM: 1♀ (HNHM: PLP4589), 1♂ 3♀ larvae (MM: 2014-31) .

This widespread European species reaches its southern limit of its Balkan distribution in Macedonia. In Central Europe and even in the Iberian Peninsula imagoes appear in April, data from February are known only from the Apennine Peninsula and Macedonia.