New Diptera Records for the Kuril Islands

RESULTS TO DATE.-Published results on the IKIP Diptera include 1 new archipelago, and 33 new island, records representing 22 species. These taxa are listed below (alphabetically by family, genus, and species) with their new island and archipelago records arranged, from south to north, in brackets (the islands are designated by two-letter Island Codes).

    Family SCATHOPHAGIDAE

      Scathophaga exalata (Ozerov, 1996) [US, RK, EK, CR]

    Family SYRPHIDAE

      Cheilosia (Cheilosia) impressa Loew, 1840 [PA]

      Cheilosia (Cheilosia) longiptera Shiraki, 1968 [IT]

      Cheilosia (Cheilosia) longula (Zetterstedt, 1838) [SA]

      Cheilosia illustrata magnifica Hellen [PA]

      Cheilosia melanopa Zetterstedt [KH]

      Dasysyrphus sp. [SA]

      Eriozona (Megasyrphus) erratica (Linnaeus, 1758) [SA]

      Helophilus lapponicus Wahlberg, 1864 [PA]

      Helophilus pendulus (Linnaeus, 1758) [KH, ON]

      Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758) [PA]

      Melangyna arsenjevi Mutin, 1986 [SA]

      Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) [SA, ON]

      Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794) [SA]

      Parasyrphus tarsatus (Zetterstedt, 1838) [SA, ON]

      Platycheirus (Platycheirus) sp. (clypeatus group) [ON]

      Platycheirus (Platycheirus) urukawensis (Matsumura, 1919) [ON]

      Sphaerophoria philanthus (Meigen, 1822) [IT, SA, KH, PA]

      Syrphus dubius Matsumura, 1918 [IT]

      Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus, 1758) [SA, ON]

      Syrphus torvus Osten-Sacken, 1875 [SA, ON]

      Xylota amamiensis Shiraki [IT]

    PUBLICATION SOURCES FOR NEW RECORDS (Listed chronologically)

  • OZEROV, 1996: 1 new archipelago, and 4 new island, records representing 1 new species.

  • MUTIN, 1997: 29 new island records representing 21 species.

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