New records of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) from Belarus

  • Vital V. Sakhvon Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

New records of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) from Belarus are presented, with new distribution records for 18 species: Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer, 1776), L. guttiventris Zetterstedt, 1842, Antipalus varipes (Meigen, 1820), Asilus  crabroniformis Linnaeus, 1758, Dysmachus trigonus (Meigen, 1804), Echthistus rufinervis (Meigen, 1820), Erax barbatus Scopoli, 1763, Neomochtherus pallipes (Meigen, 1820), Pamponerus germanicus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tolmerus atricapillus (Fallen, 1814), T. cingulatus (Fabricius, 1781), Choerades marginata (Linnaeus, 1758), Dioctria atricapilla Meigen, 1804, D. hyalipennis (Fabricius, 1794), D. oelandica (Linnaeus, 1758), D. rufipes (De Geer, 1776), Cyrtopogon lateralis (Fallén, 1814) and Lasiopogon cinctus (Fabricius, 1781). One subfamily: Stenopogoninae and two species: Dysmachus trigonus (Meigen, 1804) and Cyrtopogon lateralis (Fallén, 1814) are recorded from Belarus for the first time. So, at present moment the fauna of robber flies of Belarus includes 38 species. 

Author Biography

Vital V. Sakhvon, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (biology), docent; associate professor at the department of zoology, faculty of biology

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Published
2017-12-16
Keywords: robber flies, fauna, Belarus, Asilidae, new records
Supporting Agencies The author is grateful to S. V. Buga, F. V. Sautkin, D. L. Petrov and A. S. Roginsky for providing the materials of robber flies, A. S. Lelej for the opportunity to examine robber flies from the collections of Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Vladivostok, Russia
How to Cite
Sakhvon, V. V. (2017). New records of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) from Belarus. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 2, 103-107. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/biology/article/view/2452
Issue
No 2 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Biology
Section
Taxonomy

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