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New Data on the Distribution of Species of the Genus Bittacus (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in European Russia and Kazakhstan, with Notes on Their Diagnoses

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The available data on geographic distribution, habitat preferences, and phenology of species of the genus Bittacus Latreille, 1805 in European Russia and the adjacent regions of Kazakhstan are summarized and clarified. Bittacus italicus (Müller, 1766) is recorded for the first time from Volgograd Province of Russia and from Kazakhstan. The potential diagnostic features of B. italicus and B. hageni Brauer, 1860 are analyzed. New characters of wing venation are proposed for identifying both sexes of these species.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are very grateful to A.L. Ozerov and A.A. Gusakov for the opportunity of studying the ZMMU collection, to E.V. Ilyina (Makhachkala) for help with organizing research, to A.V. Prisnyi (Belgorod) for valuable data on the findings of Bittacus in Belgorod Province and the photo of one specimen, to A.S. Prosvirov (Moscow) for the photos of B. italicus habitats in Volgograd Province, and to V.A. Krivokhatsky for the opportunity of studying the labels of some Bittacus specimens in the ZIN collection.

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This work was carried out within the framework of State research assignments 121032300105-0 and 121032300064-0 at Moscow State University.

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    V. Yu. Savitsky

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    A. V. Timokhov

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Savitsky, V.Y., Timokhov, A.V. New Data on the Distribution of Species of the Genus Bittacus (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in European Russia and Kazakhstan, with Notes on Their Diagnoses. Entmol. Rev. 101, 647–659 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821050067

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