Seasonal Dynamics of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Forests of the European Russia

Abstract

(1) Background: Seasonal dynamics of the abundance and species diversity of various insect groups is of great importance for understanding their life cycles; (2) Methods: In our study, Drosophilidae species and their seasonal changes in Mordovia State Nature Reserve were explored. We collected the flies by crown fermental traps in five types of forests (birch, aspen, linden, pine and oak) since May to October in 2019. (3) Results: A total of 4725 individuals belonging to 9 genera and 30 species of drosophilid flies were identified, among them 15 species in 3 genera are new to the Republic of Mordovia. Drosophila obscura and D. histrio were the most abundant species in traps, the other mass species are D. kuntzei, D. testacea, D. phalerata, S. rufifrons, D. bifasciata, A. semivirgo, and L. quinquemaculata. (4) Conclusions: We found three groups of mass species with significant correlation of seasonal dynamics, e.g., D.obscura and D. bifasciata; D. histrio, D. kuntzei, D. phalerata, and D. testacea, and, finally, A. semivirgo and S. rufifrons. Apparently, the similarity observed in the seasonal dynamics of these drosophilid species is influenced at a high degree by their food preferences and rearing sites.

Diptera species, new for the Republic of Mordovia, Russia

“…The taxonomic composition was represented by 820 species belonging to 62 families. Further studies have supplemented the Diptera fauna with 136 species and one family (Grichanov, 2021;Ruchin et al, 2021b;Gornostaev et al, 2022;Lutovinovas et al, 2022). Anthrax incomptus Walker, 1849 (Bombyliidae) has been excluded from the Diptera checklist of the Republic of Mordovia.…”

“…In addition to the Diptera faunistics, general ecological aspects of this insect order have been studied (e.g. Ruchin et al, 2021a;Gornostaev et al, 2022). Recently, Esin (2021) has summarised all available data on the Diptera fauna in the Republic of Mordovia.…”

“…Recently, Esin (2021) has summarised all available data on the Diptera fauna in the Republic of Mordovia. A few more papers on Diptera have also been published, including new faunistic records (Grichanov, 2021;Ruchin et al, 2021b;Gornostaev et al, 2022;Lutovinovas et al, 2022) and Lonchaeidae species new for Russia (Mac-Gowan & Ruchin, 2022). Other Diptera families remain poorly studied in the Republic of Mordovia.…”

An annotated list of the drosophilid flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) of the Republic of Adygea

“…DISTRIBUTION. Widespread in Europe (Bächli & Rocha Pité, 1984) and North Caucasus (Gornostaev, 1997), recently found in Mordovia (Gornostaev et al, 2022).…”

“…DISTRIBUTION. Widespread in Palearctic region (Bächli & Rocha Pité, 1984) and in the south of Russia (Gornostaev, 1997;Sidorenko, 2001), recently found in Mordovia (Ruchin et al, 2021;Gornostaev et al, 2022).…”