Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk

• prof Dr
• Russian Academy of Sciences

Annotated list of soldier flies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) of the Crimean Peninsula is presented. It comprises 42 species from 14 genera of 6 subfamilies. Nine species are recorded for the first time in the Crimea. The fauna of Stratiomyidae of the Crimean Peninsula is compared with the faunas of countries situated around the Black Sea (Romania, Bulg...

The family Hippoboscidae Samouelle, 1819 includes approximately 213 species. The genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) is one of the largest louse fly genera and now includes 31 species. These flies are parasites of different small birds from the order Passeriformes. Many of them specifically prefer swallows as hosts. Swallows h...

The family Hippoboscidae, commonly known as “louse flies,” comprises pupiparous Diptera that are ectoparasites of birds and mammals, with significant impacts on their hosts and epidemiological importance. The louse fly fauna of Vietnam is relatively understudied compared to other countries in the Southeast Asia region. In this study, we describe a...

A catalog of the types (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, paralectotypes) of the species of the family Xylophagidae (Diptera), described by F.D. Pleske (Th. Pleske), N.P. Krivosheina and B.M. Mamaev, and also by V.G. Kovalev, which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, is pres...

Catalog of the type specimens (holotypes, syntypes) of species of the family Mydidae (Diptera) described by A.P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and I.A. Porchinsky which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg is presented. Photographs of the specimens and their labels are given.

The parasitic family Hippoboscidae is distributed around the world and currently includes more than 200 species. These insects are of high veterinary importance both as carriers of dangerous diseases and as transport for other groups of parasites. The genus Ornithophila is one of the smallest genera among Hippoboscidae. Currently, the genus Ornitho...

A catalog of types (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, paralectotypes) of species of the family Xylomyidae (Diptera) described by Th. Pleske and N. P. Krivosheina, which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, is presented. Photographs of specimens and labels of holotypes and a l...

A review of the Diptera families Athericidae, Xylophagidae and Rhagionidae of the fauna of Yakutia is presented for the rst time. A new species Chrysopilus czekanovskyi sp. n. is described. The annotated list comprises 17 species (Athericidae - 1, Xylophagidae - 1, Rhagionidae - 15) with data on the localities, dates of collecting, and general dist...

A catalog of types (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, paralectotypes) of species of the family Xylophagidae (Diptera) described by Th. Pleske, N. P. Krivosheina and B. M. Mamaev, and by V. G. Kovalev, which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, is presented. Photographs of the...

Catalog of the type specimens (holotypes, synthypes) of species of the family Mydidae (Diptera) described by A. P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskij and I. A. Porchinsky which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg is presented. Photographs of the specimens and their labels are given.

Consortial associations of insects and springtails with the Asian globe ower, Trollius asiaticus L. (Ranunculaceae), were investigated in nature and in the Bioresource Scienti c Collection of the Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science (USU № 440534) from 2017 till 2021. 106 invertebrate species have bee...

Catalog of types (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, paralectotypes) of species of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) described by Th. Becker, I. A. Porchinsky, A. A. Stakelberg, K. B. Gorodkov, A. L. Ozerov, M. G. Krivosheina, which are stored in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, is pr...

In 2017–2020, 3833 birds representing 103 species were captured at two localities in the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve, Primorye Territory, Russian Far East. All birds were ringed and released on site. The research team recorded the presence of louse flies in 646 birds representing 62 species (51 nestlings, 11 migrants), while 41 species from two o...

Louse flies from the family Hippoboscidae parasitise birds and mammals. Both males and females feed on the blood and carry many dangerous diseases. Representatives of the genus Ornithoctona are full-winged, widely specialised parasites of birds. Before this study it was considered, that the genus Ornithoctona includes 12 species. Among them, only t...

First faunistic results of a collaborative study about the terrestrial invertebrates present in three small islands near the coast of the province of Almeria (Spain) are presented. A total of 385 individuals were captured (373 arthropods and 12 mollusks). From these samplings 118 different species have been identified and three others are under stu...

A new species of the genus Ornithomya Latreille, 1802 (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), O. strigilis sp. nov., is described from the Lazovsky Nature Reserve (southern part of Primorskiy Territory, the Far East of Russia). The new species differs from other Palaearctic species of Ornithomya in its large body size, the number of long setae on the scutellum,...

A catalogue of the type specimens (holotypes, paratypes, and syntypes) of the species of the family Calliphoridae (Diptera) described by Th. Becker, B.B. Rohdendorf, H. Schumann, L.N. Khitzova, and K. Rognes and deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia is presented. Photographs of...

The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families (21 Nematocera and 72 Brachycera), are listed. Taxa (superfamily, family, genus and species) have been updated according to cu...

Se presentan los primeros resultados faunísticos del estudio colaborativo sobre los invertebrados terrestres presentes en tres pequeñas islas (isla de San Andrés, isla de Terreros e isla Negra) cercanas a la costa de la provincia de Almería (España). De un total de 385 individuos capturados (373 artrópodos y 12 moluscos), se han identificado entre...

A catalogue of the types (holotypes, paratypes, and a lectotype) of the species of the family Acroceridae described by L.F. Hildebrandt, F.D. Pleske, and E.P. Nartshuk, deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, is presented. Photographs of the specimens and labels of the holotypes...

A catalogue of the types (holotypes, paratypes, lectotypes, and paralectotypes) of the species of the families Cypselosomatidae, Micropezidae, and Tethinidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) described by T. Becker, V.L. Beschovski, E.P. Nartshuk, A.L. Ozerov, A.I. Shatalkin, and Á. Soós, deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian...

The species of the genus Rhodesiella Adams, 1905 from Xizang of China are reviewed with the descriptions of the following four new species: R. arcuata sp. n., R. longiseta sp. n., R. perpendicularis sp. n. and R. uncata sp. n. A key to the species of Rhodesiella from Xizang is given. Comments and feature figures of new species are provided for iden...

This paper analyzes a fruitful scientific collaboration between a Russian diplomat and entomologist, Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, and a German dipterist Friedrich Hermann Loew, who laid the foundation for the studies on North American Diptera. In particular, it provides information about three collections of insects, made by Osten-Sacken: the main col...

One hundred and sixteen species of Chloropidae (Diptera) are recorded in Russian Karelia and Murmansk Province: 112 in Karelia and 44 in Murmansk Province. Twenty-two and seven species are new for Karelia and Murmansk Province, respectively. Calamoncosis oscinella is for the first time reported from Russia and Elachiptera breviscutellata - from Eur...

The parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Austen, 1930) (Diptera, Hippoboscidae), known from the Oriental Region (India, Thailand, Nepal and Peninsular Malaysia) and Asian part of the Palaearctic Region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, West Siberia of Russia and Japan), is found for the first time in Europe and in the western part of Russia (Curonian Spit...

The unpublished zoogeographical views of louse flies from genus Hippobosca deposited in Collection of the Zoological institute of Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Russia from Transcaucasia are summarized. A total 248 deposited samples and one recent sample belonging to species Hippobosca equina Linnaeus, 1758 and Hippobosca longipenni...

New data are given on distribution and bird host associations of two species of the louse fly genus Ornithophila Rondani, 1878 in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864) is recorded for the first time for Tajikistan and China. It is confirmed that this species mostly parasitizes adults and nestlings of small passerines...

A review of the species of the genus Dicraeus from China is provided. The following five described species are new to science: D. crassispinus sp. n., D. curvus sp. n., D. dentatus sp. n., D. liupanshanensis sp. n. and D. minutidentatus sp. n. Four species, D. fuscipennis Kanmiya, D. malaisei Nartshuk, D. nartshukae Kanmiya and D. rossicus Stackelb...

An annotated list of five species of the family Acroceridae of Yakutia is given. The lectotype of Ogcodes jacutensis (Pleske, 1930) is illustrated. Ogcodes pallipes (Latreille, 1812) is recorded from Yakutia for the first time.

A catalog of the type specimens of Conopidae (Diptera) described by Th. Becker and L.V. Zimina and deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg is given. Lectotypes of Physocephala laeta Becker, 1913, Ph. persica Becker, 1913, and Ph. pugioniformis Becker, 1913 are designated. Photographs of the type sp...

The study addresses changes in the abundance of the frit fly Oscinella frit and its distribution across vegetation layers and biotopes on Wrangel Island. Samples were taken in the same areas in 2006 and 2015, during the period of pronounced climate warming at the beginning of the century. In 2015, O. frit substantially increased in numbers and wide...

The COI gene fragment was first examined in representatives of the family Celyphidae. The presence of a considerable hiatus between interspecific and intraspecific distances was demonstrated, which enabled using the barcoding method to distinguish species of the family Celyphidae. The results of the analysis showed that different species of Celyphi...

The faunistic knowledge of the Diptera of Morocco recorded from 1787 to 2021 is summarized and updated in this first catalogue of Moroccan Diptera species. A total of 3057 species, classified into 948 genera and 93 families (21 Nematocera and 72 Brachycera), are listed. Taxa (superfamily, family, genus and species) have been updated according to cu...

A review of the association of 12 species Ornithoctona Speiser, 1902 with the host birds of the World fauna is given. One species, O. australasiae (Fabricius, 1805), is recorded from Russia for the first time.

A wingless species Elachiptera viator Nartshuk, 1971 in the family Chloropidae is recorded from China (Beijing) for the first time. A redescription of the species is given with the figures of its characteristics and the genitalia of both sexes. A checklist of seven species of the genus Elachiptera known from China with their distribution and a key...

Information is presented on host plants of 25 species of grass flies of the subfamily Oscinellinae (Chloropidae) in Voronezh province. Host plants are recorded for 7 species for the first time (marked by *), list of host plants are enlarged for other species. Two species were found to be secondary invaders of plants, other species — primary invader...

The fauna of grass flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) of the Crimean Peninsula is reviewed for the first time. The study is based on examination of the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg), which includes the material collected in Crimea by the authors, the collections of the Zoological Museum of the M. V....

The genus Chromatopterum Becker is newly recorded from China. The following two described species are new to science: C. brevicercum sp. nov. and C. longiclavatum sp. nov. A key to the species of genus Chromatopterum from the world is given.

An annotated list of 35 species of the family Chloropidae from the Khabarovskii krai and the Jewish Autonomous Region is given. All species, except Lasiambia shatalkini Nartshuk, 1986 are recorded for the first time from these parts of the Russian Far East. Two main groups of species are distinguished according their general distribution. One group...

Three new species of the genus Siphunculina Rondani from China, S. bulbifera sp. n., S. scalpriformis sp. n., and S. shangyongensis sp. n., are described and illustrated. One species, S. funicola (de Meijere), is reported from China for the first time. A key to the species of genus Siphunculina from China is given.

Eight species of Chloropidae recorded from Assouan, Egypt. Flies were collected on lawn in hotel garden. All species are considered as hemerodiaphores on Klausnitzer’s classification. Lasiochaeta pubescens (Thalhammer, 1898) and Aphanotrigonum femorellum Collin, 1946 are recorded for Egypt for the first time.

During a study on fauna of the frit flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) in Khorasan Razavi province (Iran) in 2014 and 2015, nine species of six genera were collected and identified. Platycephala rugosa (Nartshuk, 1964) is recorded for the first time for Iranian fauna. Geographical distribution and biological notes are provided.

Two new species of the genus Scoliophthalmus Becker, 1903 (Diptera, Chloropidae) are described: S. miscanthi sp. n. from southern Primorskii Territory (Russia) and S. gussakovskii sp. n. from southern Tajikistan. The genus is recorded for Russia for the first time. The species of Scoliophthalmus occur only in the southern areas of the Palaearctic R...

A new species, Polyodaspis ferulae n. sp., from Central Asia (Uzbekistan) is described. The species was collected on inflorescences of Ferula foetida (Apiaceae). Siphonella levicola Becker in Becker and Stein, 1913 described from Iran is synonymized with Polyodaspis sulcicollis (Meigen, 1838) based on investigation of the holotype. A key to 9 speci...

In 1876 I.A. Portschinsky described two species of Diptera: Urellia muscipora Portschinsky (Tephritidae) and Phlebotomus grimmi Portschinsky (Psychodidae–Phlebotominae). The former name is a senior synonym of Goniurellia tridens (Hendel, 1910), but it was not used as a valid name since 1876 and should be rejected according to Articles 23.9.1.1 and...

Chloropid flies of the genus Merochlorops Howlett, 1909 (Diptera: Chloropidae) from the mainland part of South-East Asia are reviewed. A key to determination of nine species is proposed. A new species, M. punctifrons, is described from Thailand. The new data on the distribution and life mode of larvae are given for other species.

Twenty species of Chloropidae were collected using yellow pan traps and net-sweeping in the elfin wood subzone in the lower course of the Anadyr River (Chukchi Autonomous Area). Only two species were abundant: Oscinella frit L. in yellow pan traps and Pseudopachychaeta ruficeps Zett., in a sweep-net. The vast majority of grass flies did not occur o...

Habitat and types of feeding of larvae of the genus Lasiambia Anonym., 1937 are analyzed. Larvae of Lasiambia as opposite to most Chloropidae are not phytophagous and not associated with Poaceae grasses. Two groups of species are separated. The first – larvae are saprophagous in a broad sense. The second includes species, larvae of which are carniv...

New data on the host plants of larvae of 45 grassfly species of the subfamily Chloropinae (Diptera, Chloropidae) in the Middle Don Area (Tambov, Belgorod, and Voronezh provinces) are given. Host plants are recorded for the first time for 14 species (marked by an asterisk in the list). Lists of host plants are expanded for many species. Among the sp...

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Drosophilid flies of the Russian Arctic are reviewed. Thirteen species of Drosophilidae are recorded: one from the genus Stegana, seven from Drosophila and five from Scaptomyza. The northernmost localities in the Palaearctic are recorded for D. melanogaster Meigen, 1830 and D. hydai Sturtevant, 1921. Scaptomyza yakutica Sidorenko et Toda, 1996 desc...

Results of identification of Chloropidae (Diptera) from Romania, deposited in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) is presented. Collection contains 24 species from 16 genera. A species Polyodaspis maritima Nartshuk, sp. n. is described as new and 5 species Calamoncosis aprica (Meigen, 1830), Calamoncosis duinensis (Strobl, 1909), Aphanotrigonum...

A special survey was undertaken to study the insects living in the sporophores of Basidiomycota in Benin, Africa. Three specimens of Chloropidae, which are described here as a new species of Gaurax Loew, were reared from two fruiting bodies of different species of fungi: Amanita subviscosa Beeli and a species of Boletaceae. The fungi were collected...

A checklist of 147 species the Chloropidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Centorisoma elegantulum Becker is recorded for the first time from Finland.

A new grass fly species belonging to the subfamily Oscinellinae, Incertella tschernovi sp. n., is described from the Kyzyl Kum Desert, Uzbekistan. The new species is closely related to I. brevicosta Nartshuk, 1975, shares short costal vein of the wing and in the vein M sharply bent toward the anterior wing margin.

The fly family Chloropidae belongs to the higher Diptera series Acalyptratae. It is distributed worldwide and globally comprises 200 genera and about 3000 species in 4 subfamilies: Oscinellinae, Siphonellopsinae, Rhodesiellinae, and Chloropinae. In the fossil record, Chloropidae are known since the Oligocene, with 2 genera found in Baltic amber: on...

For the first time, the finding of three genera and four species of the family Chloropidae associated to cadaveric environment has been reported. Two of the four species listed, Siphunculina aenea (Macq. 1835) and Siphunculina quinquangula (Loew, 1873), are also reported for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula.

Seven genera of Chloropinae (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Vietnam and Thailand are discussed: Eurina Meigen (1 species), Chloromerus Becker (1 species), Siphlus Loew (1 species), Neoloxotaenia Sabrosky (3 species), Aragara Walker (1 species), Elachiptereicus Becker (1 species), Lagaroceras Becker (1 species). Some of them are new to the fauna of Viet...

One hundred sixteen species of Chloropidae (Diptera) are recorded from several Mediterranean islands: 66 on Sardinia, 46 on Sicilia, 45 on the Balearic Islands, 39 on the Maltese Islands, 31 on Corsica, 22 on Cyprus and 6 on Crete. The number of species recorded depends more on the level of knowledge of fauna than on the area of the islands. The re...

This volume deals with North European species of the family Chloropidae, known as frit flies or chloropid flies, a large family of acalyptrate flies including some notarial, economically pests of cereals and fodder grasses. The taxonomy, biology and faunistics of all NW European species are revised. Keys are given to subfamilies, genera and species...