V. E. Pilipenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University | MSU · Department of Entomology

Cheilotrichia (Empeda) umiat (Alexander, 1955) (Diptera: Limoniidae), previously known only from the holotype collected in Alaska, has been found on the Putorana Plateau in the north of East Siberia. The species is recorded for the first time from Russia and the Palaearctic region. On the Putorana Plateau, the species was collected in stony river v...

The superfamily Tipuloidea contains the following cranefly families: Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, with 1267 species known in Europe. Recent studies have increased our knowledge regarding these families substantially, but craneflies still represent an understudied group, even in Europe. A previous paper focused on European...

Limonia interjecta Starý, 1974 (Diptera: Limoniidae) previously known only from northern and central Europe is found from the Putorana Plateau in the north of Eastern Siberia. The species is recorded for the first time from Russia and the East Palaearctic. Limonia interjecta is rare in Europe but is quite common in the Putorana Plateau, with record...

Limoniidae is one of the most species-rich Dipteran families, with 661 reported species in Europe. Despite the fact that the European limoniid crane fly fauna has been studied ever since Carolus Linnaeus, it is still poorly known. In this study, we summarise the taxonomic and faunistic studies of European Limoniidae, which described new species and...

The caucasica species group in the subgenus Lunatipula is redefined and now consists of five species native to the Caucasus. Tipula ( L. ) eleniya sp. nov. is described as new to science, and variations in the male terminalia in two populations are noted. Two subspecies ( quadridentataquadridentata and quadridentatapaupera ) are elevated to species...

A new crane fly species from the genus Phantolabis Alexander, 1956, active in the cold season and previously known by a single, eastern Nearctic species, is described from Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East. A revised definition of the genus is given.

A new crane fly species from Nepal, Tipula (Vestiplex) hasiya sp. nov. (Diptera: Tipulidae), is described and illustrated. The male and female genitalia are A new crane fly species from Nepal, Tipula (Vestiplex) hasiya sp. nov. (Diptera: Tipulidae), is described and illustrated. The male and female genitalia are illustrated for the most closely rel...

Pilipenko VE, Ruchin AB, Semishin GB. 2020. Cranefly fauna (Diptera: Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae) of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Biodiversitas 21: 355-369. The paper summarizes the Tipuloidea fauna of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, for the first time. Among the 94 species, 29 species of Limoniidae and 14 species of Tipulidae have not...

A new species of Gonempeda from Caucasus is described and illustrated. Gonempeda flava (Schummel, 1829) is recorded from Russia for the first time. An identification key of all Palearctic Gonempeda is presented.

The rare Palaearctic species Tipula apicispina Alexander, 1934 and T. stenostyla Savchenko, 1964 are recorded for the first time from Russian Karelia. The new data on their bionomics are given. The adults were collected with trunk eclector set on a recently fallen aspen trunk. The larvae develop under moss growing on fallen trunks, bases of old sta...

The article contains an annotated list of 121 species of craneflies (Tipuloidea: Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae), collected in Tver’ Province.

Tipula (Pterelachisus) recondita Pilipenko & Salmela, sp. n. is described. The new species is collected from two localities: Finland, Kittilä (North boreal ecoregion) and Russia, Primorski kray (Zone of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests). Although variation in the structure of male hypopygium between the Finnish and Russian populations is obser...

A new cranefly species, Tipula (Savtshenkia) anadyrensis sp. nov. from the northern Far East, is described and illustrated. The species belongs to the subnodicornis group and is close to T. postposita Riedel, 1919. The female of the new species has short wings. Дано иллюстрированное описание нового вида комара-долгоножки Tipula (Savtshenkia) anadyr...

97 species of the family Tipulidae (Diptera) are listed for the Central European territory of Russia. 7 species are new for the region: Ctenophora (Cnemoncosis) fastuosa (Loew, 1871); Nephrotoma aculeata (Loew, 1871); N. quadrifaria quadrifaria (Meigen, 1804); Tipula (L.) helvola Loew, 1873; T. (L.) laetabilis Zetterstedt, 1838; Tipula (L.) livida...

The ability of several alimentary opioid peptides (exorphin C, rubiscolin-5, cytochrophin4) and endorphins (met-enkephalin, dinotrophin A1−10, β-neoendorphin) to change the escape reaction of the cockroaches Periplaneta americana at their placement into a hot chamber was studied. The ED50 values increasing twice the insect stay time in the hot cham...

The crane fly Tipula (Platytipula) moiwana (Matsumura, 1916) occurs in the southern Russian Far East, including Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, in Japan (Hokkaido), and in northeastern China. Recently this species was found in Moscow. The reason for the appearance of this species in Moscow is unknown.

Crane-fly Tipula (Platytipula) moiwana (Matsumura 1916) is spread in the southern Far East, including Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, in Japan (Hokkaido Island), and in northeastern China. Recently this species was found in Moscow. A reason for the appearance of this species in this region is unknown.

The ability of exorphines (relative δ-selective opioid fragments of food-derived peptides) to change the defense response of American cockroaches Periplaneta americana placed in a hot chamber (T= 50°C) was studied. It was found that the ED50 for a fragment of D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase rubiscolin-5 (YPLDL) doubling the stay time for th...

Tipula (Lunatipula) milkoi sp. n. is described from Kyrgyzstan. The new species belongs to the Tipula zarnigor group and is closely related to T. (L.) zarnigor Savchenko and T. (L.) lehriana Savchenko. Two tipulid species, Nephrotoma lundbecki lundbecki (Nielsen) and Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei Tonnoir, are recorded from Kyrgyzstan for the first...

The ability of morphine, naloxone, and several opioid peptides of the group of beta-casomorphines to change the time of the stay of cockroaches Periplaneta americana in a hot camera (t = 47C) was studied. It has been shown that the morphine dose ED50 increasing twice the stay amounts to 200 g/g, while hat of naloxone, to 40, of heptapeptide YPFPGPI...

The new species Tipula subunca sp. n. of the subgenus Beringotipula was found in the eastern Palaearctic. A description and a picture of male hypopyge are given. The species differs from T. unca only by hypopyge. It is similare to the North American species T. inioensis Al. in structure of inner dististyles but differs from it in structure of tergi...

The analysis is made of effects of an opioid analgesic (promedol), nonopioid analgesic (analgine), and local analgesic (novocain) on behavior of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. The combined methods of the "hot plate" (temperature 45°C) and "open field" were used. The preparations were injected to the hemolymph of the insects. Their effects wer...