The Muscidae (Diptera) of the Russian tundra zones. Report 1

• Published in: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
• Main Author: V.S. Sorokina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution 2012
• Subjects: Diptera; Muscidae; Taymyr Peninsula; Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; Altai Mts; list of species; fauna; Zoology; QL1-991; Taymyr; Chukotka; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-2-328-332; https://doaj.org/article/e7db4dc0891e4b40a5b6d49328a01a0b

An annotated list of 69 species of 14 genera of the Muscidae from Taymyr Peninsula and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug is given. 57 species of 13 genera were recorded from Taymyr Peninsula and 23 species of 9 genera were recorded from Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The list includes the new data of the high altitude distribution of some species in the Altai Mountains. 4 species of Drymeia Meigen, 1826, 2 species of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, and 7 species of Spilogona Schnabl, 1911 are new records for Russia. Species of Spilogona dominate among Muscidae of the examined fauna. Geographic information and examined material are given for all species presented in the list.