First data on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the West Kotlin Nature Reserve (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

I Ya Grichanov,E I Ovsyannikova

doi:10.14258/abs.v3i2.2732

Abstract

First data on Dolichopodidae from the West Kotlin Nature Reserve resulted from the short-term visit (June, 2017) are presented. All 25 collected species are firstly recorded for the Kotlin Island. Lamprochromus semiflavus (Strobl, 1880) and Syntormon filiger Verrall, 1912 are new species for the Leningrad Region and Saint Petersburg. The old records of Lamprochromus bifasciatus (Macquart, 1827) and Syntormon pumilus (Meigen, 1824) from the Region are doubted.

Highlights

The fauna of dolichopodid flies of the Leningrad Region and environs of Saint Petersburg is one of the best studied in Russia with about 220 known species (Stackelberg, 1962; Grichanov, 2006)
The Kotlin Island was originally covered with many coniferous trees, which were entirely cut in the first half of 18th century (Khramtsov et al, 2013)
Till the end of 20th century, the western part of the Island was an area of military activity of the Russian Navy and Army, and it had no access for professional botanists and zoologists

Summary

RESEARCH ARTICLE

First data on Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the West Kotlin Nature Reserve (Saint Petersburg, Russia). All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection Podbelskogo 3, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608 Russia. First data on Dolichopodidae from the West Kotlin Nature Reserve resulted from the short-term visit (June, 2017) are presented. All 25 collected species are firstly recorded for the Kotlin Island. Lamprochromus semiflavus (Strobl, 1880) and Syntormon filiger Verrall, 1912 are new species for the Leningrad Region and Saint Petersburg. The old records of Lamprochromus bifasciatus (Macquart, 1827) and Syntormon pumilus (Meigen, 1824) from the Region are doubted.

Introduction

New records of Dolichopodidae

Conclusion