TABANID SPECIES DIVERSITY OF THE CENTRAL BLACK EARTH REGION OF RUSSIA

Abstract

The article provides information on species diversity of one of the major components of blood-sucking dipterans complex that is known collectively as "gnat" and can be found in five regions forming the Central Black Earth Region of Russia: Voronezh, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Kursk and Tambov Regions. The latest researches have recorded 38 species in the Voronezh Region and 32 species in the Belgorod Region. The prevailing species in the Voronezh Region are T. Glaucopis, T. bovinus (L., 1758), Chrysops relictus (Meigen, 1820), Chrysops rufi pes (Meigen), and Tabanus autumnalis autumnalis (L., 1761). In the Belgorod Region, the prevailing species are T. Glaucopis, T. bovinus L., 1758, Chrysops relictus (Meigen, 1820), Chrysops rufi pes (Meigen, 1820), and Tabanus autumnalis autumnalis (L., 1761). In the Kursk Region, there were 6 species (Т. bimaculatus Meg., Т. schineri Lyneb., Т. Bromius L., Т. cordiger Мg., Т. autumnalis L., Т. bovines L.) recorded, which are of greater importance in epizootology and epidemiology of various infectious and invasive diseases. This issue requires further detailed research in the Lipetsk and Tambov Regions.