Ozerov A.L.1, Krivosheina M.G.2 2020. A review of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Scathophagidae) of Russia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.29. No.4: 439–480 [in English].

1 Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009, Russia. E-mail: ozerov2455@rambler.ru

2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. E-mail: dipteramarina@rambler.ru

doi: 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.13

ABSTRACT. Flies of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 of Russia, which includes 38 species, are reviewed. Generic and species descriptions and key for determination of species are given, and data on distributions are summarized. One species, Cordilura nubilosa sp.n., is described as new to science. New records of the following species are given: Cordilura albilabris Fabricius, 1805 (Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan); C. albipes Fallén, 1819 (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia); C. impudica Rondani, 1867 (Uzbekistan); C. pudica Meigen, 1826 (Belarus); C. rufipes Meigen, 1826 (Georgia, Kazakhstan).

KEY WORDS: Diptera, Scathophagidae, dung flies, Cordilura, Russia, review, new species, new records.

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