New records of Bibionidae (Diptera) from Azerbaijan and Georgia

L. Dvořák, J. Skartveit, P. Manko & J. Oboňa

Abstract. New records of eight species in the family Bibionidae are presented based on the material collected in Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2019. Six species were recorded for the first time for Transcaucasia, five species for Azerbaijan, and eight species for Georgia. In addition, the first checklist of Transcaucasian bibionids is given.

Key words: Caucasus, Transcaucasia, checklist, Bibionidae, new records

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2022, 31(2): 182–189 ▪ Published online 4 October 2022

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.2.182 ▪ Open full article

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Fig. 1. Collecting sites of Bibionidae in Azerbaijan and Georgia. A, Azerbaijan,Şəki District: hotel garden in the Kiş Village, where Bibio marci, B. varipes and Dilophus febrilis were collected from a wall during the night using a head lamp (photo by Jozef Oboňa); B, Azerbaijan,Şəki District: forest brook at the Kiş Village, where Bibio marci, B.varipes and Dilophus febrilis were swept from vegetation (photo by Levan Mumladze); C, Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region: open, temporary brook on the southeastern slope of Kazbek Mountain, where Bibio nigriventris and Dilophus femoratus were collected by sweeping and individual collecting from flowers using entomological tweezers (photo by Peter Manko); D, Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region (same locality as in Fig. 1C): Bibionidaeon a flower of Bistorta sp.(Polygonaceae) (photo by Peter Manko); E, Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region: rocky area by the Gergeti Glacier of Kazbek Mountain, where Bibio nigriventris and Dilophus femoratus were swept from vegetation (location of collecting site indicated by red arrow) (photo by Peter Manko). File format: JPEG.

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