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Although c. 1500 Mediterranean Discosia specimens have been studied, the record is stili very incomplete. At present, 19 species (of a world total of 77), and 4 of 6 described sections, are know to occur in 7 Mediterranean countries: 15 in Italy, Il in France, 5 in Bulgaria, 3 in Spain, and 1 each in Greece, Turkey and Algeria. Four of them have been described but recently. Notes on their distribution, ecology, and substrate preferences are presented.