2023 Ecosystem Transformation 6 (5), 107-117

Species composition and seasonal dynamics of brachyceran flies (Diptera, Brachycera) in specially protected natural areas of South-Eastern Crimea

Shorenko K.I.  , Berezhnova O.N.

This article presents new data on the fauna of brachyceran flies (Diptera, Brachycera) collected in 2019–2020 in specially protected natural areas of South-Eastern Crimea: in the Karadag Nature Reserve and “Tepe-Oba Mountain Range” regional conservation park (66 species of 21 families were identified). The following species are recorded for the first time for Crimea: Ceroxys urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ulidiidae), Eudorylas fusculus (Zetterstedt, 1844) (Pipunculidae), E. ruralis (Meigen, 1824), Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763) (Muscidae), Lomatia polyzona Loew, 1869 (Bombyliidae), Oedalea tibialis Macquart, 1827 (Hybotidae), Suillia affinis (Meigen, 1830) (Heleomyzidae), Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1844) (Rhagionidae), Thereva aurata Loew, 1854 and T. plebeja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Therevidae). In specially protected natural areas of South-Eastern Crimea, a protected species of Diptera Merodon nigritarsis Rondani, 1845 (Syrphidae) has been recorded.

K. I. Shorenko
T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Nauki 24, Kurortnoye, Feodosia, 298188 Republic of Crimea

k_shorenko@mail.ru

O. N. Berezhnova
Voronezh State University
Universitetskaya pl. 1, Voronezh, 394018 Russia

Ph.D. in Biology

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