Poecilobothrus regalis (Meigen, 1824) (Dolichopodinae)

Kechev, Mihail, Naglis, Stefan, Tonguç, Alper & Pollet, Marc, 2020, Checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) of the Balkan Peninsula with first records for Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and for the European part of Turkey, Zootaxa 4819 (3), pp. 436-472 : 458

189. Poecilobothrus regalis (Meigen, 1824) (Dolichopodinae) - First record for European Turkey

= Gymnopternus regalis (Meigen, 1824)

ETR: Site 30: 3♀; Site 31: 8♂, 1♀; Site: 34: 3♂, 5♀; Site 37: 4♂, 6♀.

BG: ( Parent 1938), Topolite village ( Beschovski 1971); Chirpan ( Kechev 2005, 2012a); Spasovo village near Chirpan ( Pollet et al. 2010); Gradina floodplain forest ( Kechev 2012b); Omurovska river near Partizanin village, Tekirska river near Spasovo village, Kayaliika river near Varbitsa village and Ezerovo village, Maritsa river (Kechev 2014); Basha near Chirpan ( Kechev & Ivanova 2015a); Omurovska river near Plodovitovo, Medovo, Cherna gora and Gorno Belevo villages, ( Kechev et al. 2014); Sarnena Sredna Gora Mt., Markovo, Chehlare, Naydenovo villages, Kavakliika hut ( Kechev 2016); Maritsa river near Chirpan ( Kechev 2019); GR: ( Negrobov 1991); HR: Split (Spalato) (listed as G. regalis Meig. ( Strobl 1904)) ; NM: Prespa Geul; Oteševo near lake ( Coe 1960, 1968); RO-DO: Canaraua Fetei, Dobrodja (Pârvu 1995).

Remarks. Poecilobothrus regalis is a very common species in the lower elevations of Bulgaria (1–350 m a.s.l.), recorded with a large number of specimens along river banks and ponds with well-developed hygrophilous vegetation ( Kechev et al. 2014; Kechev & Ivanova 2015a; Kechev 2019).