Albania
Among
about 30 species of flowering plants unique to Albania are Wulfenia baldaccii (PBase),
Tulipa albanica
(ResearchGate),
Hypericum
haplophylloides (Natura
Tours WM), Scilla albanica
(flickr), Acantholimon albanicum
(Harrie
de Vries),
Allium albanicum
(PhytoKeys),
Viola
raunsiensis (Semantic
Scholar), Oxytropis tomoriensis
(ResearchGate), Silene isabellae (PhytoKeys),
Centaurea shumkana
(fig. i at ResearchGate),
Stachys sericophylla
(GBIF),
Gymnospermium maloi
(ResearchGate),
Campanula aureliana
(ResearchGate),
Campanula skanderbegii
(ResearchGate),
Campanula daucoides
(ResearchGate),
Reichardia albanica
(ResearchGate),
Chamaecytisus korabensis
(NHMUS WM
pdf), Frangula
pedunculata (GBIF),
Odontarrhena
moravensis (fig. 3d at HAL
pdf), Ranunculus
bertisceus (ResearchGate),
Limonium ksamilum (GBIF),
and Cerastium
hekuravense (Springer).
Festucopsis
(ResearchGate)
is frquently restricted to a single Albanian endemic species. Hayekia (BioOne)
is a recently described endemic genus. A
checklist of endemic plants is
available at (p. 130 of turizmi.gov.al
pdf).
Freshwater fish known solely from Albania include
the Osum Riffle Minnow Alburnoides
fangfangae (ResearchGate)
and the Devoll Riffle Minnow Alburnoides
devolli
(ResearchGate).
Endemic cave
dwelling beetles include the round fungus beetles Ceuthophyes enormis
(ResearchGate)
and Bathyscidius basarai
(GBIF),
the ground beetles Albanotrechus
beroni (BHL)
and Dalmatoreicheia
maderi (GBIF),
a cholevid beetle Albanodirus
trezziii (Natura
Bresciana pdf), and the rove beetles Pseudamaurops albanicus
and Pseudamaurops
muellerianus (both on p. 8 of Taylor
& Francis pdf).
Other insects found nowhere else include a butterfly Polyommatus lurae (ResearchGate),
an ermine moth Kessleria
mixta
(fig. 3 at Internet
Archive), a dung beetle Ahermodontus
bischoffi
(Species
New to Science), the longhorned beetles Dorcadion albanicum
(flickr)
and Vadonia albanica
(Munis
pdf), a click beetle Dima
moraveci (Elateridae),
the rove beetles Neuraphes
anophthalmus (GBIF)
and Tychus albanicus
(GBIF),
the weevils Sciaphobus
angustus
and Sciaphobus
globipennis (both at ResearchGate),
a
stonefly Isoperla
vjosae (GBIF),
the grasshoppers Peripodisma
ceraunii (IUCN) (MbZ)
and Peripodisma llofizii
(GBIF),
a bush-cricket Uromenus
dyrrhachiacus
(Grasshoppers
of Europe), and a caddisfly Potamophylax qafshtamaensis
(ResearchGate).
A butterfly Pseudochazara
amymone (euroButterflies WM)
(BHL)
may survive only in Albania.
Among snails known only from Albania are Cochlostoma lanatum (GBIF), Bythiospeum gittenbergeri (ResearchGate), Gyralina nopcsai (AnimalBase WM), Paladilhiopsis prekalensis (Subterranean Biology), Spelaeodiscus virpazarioides (ZooKeys), Albinaria delvinensis (GBIF), Agardhiella johanni (Internet Archive), Pseudamnicola krumensis (ResearchGate), Montenegrina lillae (ZooKeys), and Helicigona zebiana (AnimalBase WM). A checklist and photos of Albanian molluscs can be found at (Francisco Welter-Schultes).
Other endemic invertebrates include the scorpions Euscorpius beroni (fig. 17 at ResearchGate) and Euscorpius bonacinai (GBIF), a cell spider Harpactea albanica (araneae), a spinylegged sac spider Liocranoeca vjosensis (p. 218 of balkanrivers.net pdf), a harvestman Megabunus pifkoi (iNaturalist), a pseudoscorpion Neobisium latellai (GBIF), the millipedes Thassoblaniulus radjai (GBIF) and Typhloiulus beroni (BHL), an endemic genus of amphipod crustacean Albanogammarus inguscioi (MUV pdf), another amphipod Niphargus griebleri (p. 36 of CKS pdf), and the earthworms Octodrilus albanicus (nhmus WM pdf) and Eisenia muranyii (p. 3 of NWJZ pdf).
Fungi known only from Albania includes Lasiocupulina mediterranea
(ResearchGate).
Albania is included in the Mediterranean Basin
biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots WM).
Especially important for unique
freshwater species is Lake Ohrid (SIAL WM),
one of the world's oldest lakes. A list of endemic plants and
animals
appears in
Albania's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (p. 16 of CBD
pdf).