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Review
. 2016 Apr 27:(585):125-42.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.585.8330. eCollection 2016.

Records of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Diptera) from Armenia, with the first Armenian checklist of these families

Jozef Oboňa  1 , Jaroslav Starý  2 , Peter Manko  1 , Ľuboš Hrivniak  3 , Levon Papyan  4
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Records of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Diptera) from Armenia, with the first Armenian checklist of these families

Jozef Oboňa et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

Records of species of the families Limoniidae and Pediciidae are presented from Armenia. A total of 38 species of Limoniidae and four species of Pediciidae are listed. Of these, 27 species of Limoniidae and one species of Pediciidae represent the first records from Armenia. The first checklist of these families from Armenia is appended, containing 77 species of Limoniidae and six species of Pediciidae.

Keywords: Armenia; Diptera; Limoniidae; Pediciidae; checklist; distributions; first records.

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Map 1.
Map 1.
Map showing all sampling sites in Armenia.
Figures 1–3.
Figures 1–3.
Sampling sites with highest species diversity. 1 Site No. 24 - NW of Amasia, tributary of Akhurian River (9 species, including Erioconopa symplectoides, Molophilus (Molophilus) pleuralis, Ormosia (Ormosia) hederae, and Limonia macrostigma) 2 Site No. 15 - Lermontov, tributary of Aghstev River (8 species, including Hoplolabis (Parilisia) iranica, Ormosia (Ormosia) hederae, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) filata, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) melanantha, Limonia macrostigma, and Limonia stigma) 3 Site No. 28 - W of Dilijan, Bldan River (8 species, including Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) melanura, Antocha (Antocha) vitripennis, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) pontica, and Limonia hercegovinae).
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