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A synopsis of 20 species of Diptera Cyclorrhapha from 10 families occurring in bird nests is presented. Some species were found for the first time in bird nests. The roles of each fly species in the bird nest consortia, the mode of larval life, associations with nestlings or nest substrate are discussed. Most flies are widely distributed, the possible explanations for which are proposed.
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Original Russian Text © E.P. Nartshuk, A.V. Matyukhin, 2012, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2012, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 79–85.
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Nartshuk, E.P., Matyukhin, A.V. Cyclorrhaphous Dipterans (Diptera Cyclorrhapha) inhabiting bird nests in Russia and Ukraine. Entmol. Rev. 92, 516–520 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387381205003X
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