The Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Belgorod Region, Russia

Authors

  • Arkady S. Lelej Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Yuri A. Prisniy Belgorod National Research University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2658-3453-2021-3-1-12-17

Keywords:

Mutillidae, Eastern Europe, European part of Russia, Central Russian Upland

Abstract

The list of ten recorded and three possible species of velvet ants Belgorod Region is given. Nemka viduata viduata (Pallas, 1773) is newly recorded from Central Zone of European part of Russia and occurrence of Ronisia brutia brutia (Petagna, 1787) in this zone is confirmed. For these species and Smicromyrme sicanus (De Stefani 1887), Dasylabris maura sungora (Pallas, 1773) and D. regalis (Fabricius, 1793) Belgorod Region is the northern border of their distribution in the Central Zone of European part of Russia.

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Author Biographies

Arkady S. Lelej, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Entomology of Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Vladivostok, Russia

Yuri A. Prisniy, Belgorod National Research University

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology of Belgorod National Research University,
Belgorod, Russia

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Published

2021-03-30

How to Cite

Lelej, A. S., & Prisniy, Y. A. (2021). The Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Belgorod Region, Russia. Field Biologist Journal, 3(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.52575/2658-3453-2021-3-1-12-17

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Zoology

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