Lipsothrix nobilis Loew 1873

Lipsothrix nobilis Loew, 1873 Material examined: Turkey: Rize, 5 km SE Ayder, 1600 m, 31. V. 1995, 1 ɗ; Rize, Ayder, 1300 m, 30. V. 1995, 1 ɗ; Rize, 2 km NW Ikizdere, 550 m, 29. V. 1995, 1 ɗ, all H. v. Oorschot, H. v.d. Brink & P. Oosterbroek leg., J. Starý det. Distribution: Scattered records from Europe, also known from Georgia and possibly Azerbaijan. First records for Turkey. Note: For the time being, it is advisable to consider Lipsothrix iranica Alexander, 1975, of Iran, a distinct species (cf. Starý 2007).Published as part of Ÿ, Jaroslav Star & Oosterbroek, Pjotr, 2008, New records of West Palaearctic Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Cylindrotomidae (Diptera) from the collections of the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1922 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18473