Black flies of the genera Gymnopais Stone, 1949 and Twinnia Stone et Jamnback, 1955 (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the fund collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

A.V. Yankovsky

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2010, 314(2): 149–172 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2010.314.2.149

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Abstract

As a result of examination of the fund collection of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, detailed redescriptions and original drawings of 9 species (of 12 known in the World fauna) of the genus Gymnopais Stone, 1949 and 4 species (of 10 known in the World fauna) of the genus Twinnia Stone et Jamnback, 1955 are given. Keys to all known12 species of Gymnopais and 9 species of Twinnia of the World fauna are provided. The information on Twinia changbaiensis Sun, 1994 (China, Liaoning) is insufficient, and this species is not included in the key.

Key words

black flies, distribution, Gymnopais, Simuliidae, systematics, Twinnia

Submitted November 25, 2009 · Accepted June 1, 2010 · Published June 25, 2010

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