A contribution to the fauna of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Belarus

V.V. Sakhvon

Abstract. An annotated list of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) occurring in Belarus is presented based on the original material and published data. Totally 36 species are recorded, 35 of them based on the author’s material. Ten species are recorded from Belarus for the first time.
Key words: robber flies, fauna, Belarus, Asilidae, new records

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2015, 24(2): 292–302  ▪  Published in print 25 December 2015


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2015.24.2.292  ▪  Open full article  

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