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Anthomyzidae (Diptera) in Peat Bogs of the North Caucasus (Russia)

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The first data on Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from montane and submontane peat bogs, peculiar isolated ecosystems of the North Caucasus, are given based on the faunistic research of 8 bogs situated in Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria at altitudes of 800–2290 m. Two species are recorded, the widespread eurytopic Anthomyza gracilis Fallén, 1823 and the boreo-montane A. dissors Collin, 1944. The latter species is recorded far beyond its known range extending it ca. 450 km south. The data on the Anthomyzidae in the Caucasus and Anthomyzidae associated with peat bogs are briefly reviewed. The distribution and origin of boreo-montane insects occurring in peat bogs of the Caucasus are briefly discussed.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to D.A. Philippov (I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inner Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Province) and to M.A. Boychuk (Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk) for the identification of sedges and Sphagnum mosses, respectively, and to V.I. Lantsov (Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories, Nalchik) and T. Irwin (Department of Natural History, Norfolk Museums Service, Norwich, UK) for reviewing the manuscript and useful comments.

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The study of J. Roháček was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic through the institutional financing of long-term conceptual development of a research institution (the Silesian Museum, MK000100595). The work of A. Przhiboro was performed within the frame of the State Research Project 1021051403065-4 and partially based on the Research Collection of the Zoological Institute (Federal Contract No 2-2.20).

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Roháček, J., Przhiboro, A.A. Anthomyzidae (Diptera) in Peat Bogs of the North Caucasus (Russia). Entmol. Rev. 101, 1188–1194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821080157

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