BLACK FLIES (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) COLLECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE KARELIAN RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• Published in: Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Igor Baryshev, Sergey Aibulatov, Lyubov' Bespyatova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: black flies; collection; archives; bloodsucking insects; mounts; systematics; Science; Q; Murmansk; Canada; Usova; karelia*; karelian; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17076/bg366; https://doaj.org/article/f7a55836b86046c8a7c8a2a17c647271

The content and condition of the collection of black flies (Simuliidae) at IB KarRC RAS were analyzed. It was collected by Z. V. Usova in 1951-1964 from the Republic of Karelia and Murmansk Region (Russia). The Simuliidae collection contains 827 specimens mounted in Canada balsam (29 species), 1557...