Coenia deserta Krivosheina, 2001 (Diptera: Ephydridae) - a new species of shore flies for the fauna of Russia and Armenia

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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2026-18-2-374-377

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shore flies, Coenia, Armenia, Bashkortostan, key to species, new record

Abstract

Based on identification of collection materials of dipteran insects of the family Ephydridae, the species Coenia deserta Krivosheina, 2001 was discovered for the first time in Russia and Armenia. Diptera of this genus are typical of the coastal zone of freshwater bodies, where adults and larvae feed on detritus and microscopic algae.The species was described from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Specimens we studied were collected in Bashkortostan (Muldashevo) and Armenia (Markara). This work provides images of body and genital structure, as well as diagnostic characters that distinguish C. deserta from related species. A key to Coenia species in Russia has been compiled.

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Литература

Кривошеина, М. Г. (2001) Новые данные о палеарктических видах двукрылых рода Coenia (Diptera, Ephydridae). Зоологический журнал, т. 80, № 11, с. 1367–1371.

Кривошеина, М. Г., Багачанова, А. К. (2004) Фауна мух-береговушек (Diptera, Ephydridae) аласных лугов Лено-Амгинского междуречья (Центральная Якутия). Зоологический журнал, т. 83, № 1, с. 71–75.

Dahl, R. (1974) Notes on Scandinavian Ephydridae (Diptera, Brachycera). Entomologisk tidskrift, vol. 95, no. 3–4, pp. 186–189.

Foote, B. A. (1990) Biology and immature stages of Coenia curvicauda (Diptera, Ephydridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 93–102.

MacGowan, I., Vikhrev, N. E., Krivosheina, M. G. et al. (2021) New records of Diptera from the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist, no. 423, pp. 9–20. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.423.3

Mathis, W. N. (1975) A systematic study of Coenia and Paracoenia (Diptera: Ephydridae). Great Basin Naturalist, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 65–85.

Mathis, W. N., Zatwarnicki, T. (1995) World catalog of shore flies (Diptera, Ephydridae). Memoirs on Entomology International, vol. 4, pp. 1–423.

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Dahl, R. (1974) Notes on Scandinavian Ephydridae (Diptera, Brachycera). Entomologisk tidskrift, vol. 95, no. 3–4, pp. 186–189. (In English)

Foote, B. A. (1990) Biology and immature stages of Coenia curvicauda (Diptera, Ephydridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 93–102. (In English)

Krivosheina, M. G. (2001) New data on Palaearctic species of the genus Coenia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Ephydridae). Zoologicheskij zhurnal, vol. 80, no. 11, pp. 1367–1371. (In Russian)

Krivosheina, M. G., Bagachanova, A. K. (2004) Fauna of Shore-Flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) of alas meadow from the Lena-Amga interfluve (Central Yakutia-Sakha). Zoologicheskij zhurnal, vol. 83, no. 1, pp. 71–75. (In Russian)

MacGowan, I., Vikhrev, N. E., Krivosheina, M. G. et al. (2021) New records of Diptera from the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist, no. 423, pp. 9–20. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.423.3 (In English)

Mathis, W. N. (1975) A systematic study of Coenia and Paracoenia (Diptera: Ephydridae). Great Basin Naturalist, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 65–85. (In English)

Mathis, W. N., Zatwarnicki, T. (1995) World catalog of shore flies (Diptera, Ephydridae). Memoirs on Entomology International, vol. 4, pp. 1–423. (In English)

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2026-06-02

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2026)

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