Abstract
The records of 15 species of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania are given. Prosimulium anatoliense and Simuliumdelizhanense are recorded from Russia for the first time, and Prosimulium gigas, Metacnephia nigra, Simulium maritimum, S. angustatum, S. bezzii, S. monticola, S.schamili, and S. subtile are new to North Ossetia. The work is based on the authors’ original material collected in Prigorodny, Alagir, and Irafsky districts of North Ossetia in 2016–2019.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank the management and employees of Alania National Park for their assistance to A.A. Przhiboro during material collection in Chefandzar area, and also S.K. Cherchesova (K.L. Khetagurov North Ossetian State University) for hel** I.A. Budaeva to organize field work.
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The work of A.A. Przhiboro was partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 18-04-00988) and the State Assignment AAAA-A19-119020690091-0.
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Aibulatov, S.V., Budaeva, I.A. & Przhiboro, A.A. Contribution to the Blackfly Fauna (Diptera: Simuliidae) of North Ossetia–Alania. Entmol. Rev. 100, 337–341 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820030070
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