New data on the distribution and host plants of tephritid fies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Armenia and selected regions of Russia

Urophora cuspidata (Meigen, 1826) and Tephritis nozarii Mohamadzade, 2012 are recorded for the frst time for Armenia, and the latter species for the frst time for Transcaucasia. Centaurea pseudoscabiosa glehnii (Trautv.) Wagenitz and Cousinia fedorovii Takhtajan are identifed as new host plants of Urophora cuspidata and Tephritis nozarii, respectively. First records for selected areas of Russia are presented: Urophora cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) for Samara Region and Mordovia, U. cuspidata for North Ossetia, Mordovia and Samara Region, Oxyna favipennis (Loew, 1844) for Nizhny Novgorod Region and Mordovia, O. parietina (Linnaeus, 1758) for Mordovia, Merzomyia westermanni (Meigen, 1826) for Saratov Region

Some Diptera families from beer traps in the Volga region (Russia)

We have studied the material of some Diptera families collected with beer traps from middle part of the Volga River region (central part of European Russia: Nizhny Novgorod and Ulyanovsk regions, and southeastern part of European Russia: Saratov Region). Thirty species from 10 Diptera families are reported: Culicidae (2 spp.), Dryomyzidae (2 spp.), Lauxaniidae (7 spp.), Limoniidae (3 spp.), Pallopteridae (4 spp.), Periscelididae (1 sp.), Platystomatidae (2 spp.), Sciomyzidae (2 spp.), Tabanidae (1 sp.), Ulidiidae (6 spp.). Two species, Peplomyza intermedia Remm, 1979 (Lauxaniidae) and Periscelis annulipes Loew, 1858 (Periscelididae) are recorded from Russia for the first tim

To the fauna of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia)

Data on the fauna of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia) are presented for the first time. As a result of research in 2009–2013, 11 species of blackflies are recorded for Mordovia: Stegopterna trigonia (Lundström, 1911), Wilhelmia balcanica Enderlein, 1924, Wilhelmia equina (Linnaeus, 1758), Boreosimulium annulus (Lundström, 1911), Byssodon maculatus (Meigen, 1804), Schoenbaueria nigra (Meigen, 1804), Boophthora erythrocephala (De Geer, 1776), Odagmia ornata (Meigen,1818), Odagmia pratora (Friederichs, 1921), Argentisimulium noelleri (Friederichs, 1920), Simulium paramorsitans Rubzov, 1956. The data concerning species distribution, ecology, medical and epidemiological significance are cited. The morphological characteristics of male of rare species Boreosimulium annulus are specifie

The last Pleistocene glaciations phylogeography episode of Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Volga River basin based on the mtDNA Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene fragment

© 2020 University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. All rights reserved. This study is to research the phylogeography of Phaneroptera falcata (Poda, 1761) in the Volga river basin based on the mtDNA Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene fragment at the last Pleistocene glaciation episode. The studied location is the Volga river basin, a territory within the central and partially southern parts of European Russia; it includes the rivers Volga, Oka, Khoper and Don basins. We used the traditional molecular phylogeography methods: mtDNA COI gene fragment from the key locations within the studied area was sequenced and then analyzed (cladogram topology, haplotype diversity, cladogram calibration etc.). The phylogenetic tree shows the dispersion of our samples over the following regions: Lower Volga, Middle Volga, Lower Oka, Middle Oka, Upper Oka, Don basin, Khoper basin. Nine haplotypes determined from our samples; they are grouped into 7 haplogroups. Six of them are in the basins of the main rivers of the Volga region: three haplogroups - on the Oka (Upper, Middle and Lower Oka respectively), haplogroups of the Khoper and Don basins, and the haplogroup of the Middle Volga combining two subgroups - Lower and Middle Volga basins. The distribution of found haplogroups correlates with big river basins in the Volga area (Volga, Oka, Khoper, Don)