ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA OF BLOOD-SUCING DIPTERAN INSECTS (DIPTERA: TABANIDAE, CULICIDAE, CERATOPOGONIDAE, SIMULIIDAE) OF THE KURGAN REGION

Khlyzova Tatyana Alexandrovna

The purpose of the research was to analyze the knowledge and current state of the fauna of blood-sucking dipterous insects in the Kurgan region. Field research was carried out in the Kargapolsky district of the Kurgan region in 2004–2023. Collections of adults of insects were carried out according to the methods generally accepted in domestic dipterology. Species identification was carried out using an MSP-1 microscope and special identification tables. Faunal lists of blood-sucking dipterans of the region are presented in accordance with modern data on the taxonomy of this group of insects, current catalogs of world fauna and lists of valid species names. Analysis of the literature data showed that 57 species of blood-sucking diptera insects are known for the territory of the Kurgan region. As a result of their own systematic long-term research, 30 species of this group of insects have been registered, 12 of them previously not specified by other researchers (Hybomitra lundbecki Lyneborg, 1959, H. arpadi (Szilady, 1923), Chrysops divaricatus Loew, 1858, Hybomitra arpadi (Szilady, 1923), Culiseta bergrothi (Edwards, 1921), C. morsitans (Theobald, 1901), Aedes pionips (Dyar, 1919), A. albescens (Edwards, 1921), A. annulipes (Meigen, 1830), A. impiger (Walker, 1848), Culicoides punctatus (Meigen, 1804) and Simulium erythrocephalum (De Geer, 1776)). To date, the fauna of blood-sucking Diptera insects has 69 species. The species composition of blood-sucking mosquitoes and horseflies, 43 and 23 species, respectively, has been most fully studied. Data on blood-sucking blackflies and biting midges are fragmentary and relate mainly to the ecology of the larvae.

Keywords:horseflies, mosquitoes, blackflies, biting midges, fauna, species, Kurgan region