AN ANNOTATED LIST OF FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE) OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA Author Gornostaev, N. G. Author Ruchin, A. B. Author Esin, M. N. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2024 2024-07-31 503 7 15 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.503.2 journal article 10.25221/fee.503.2 2713-2196 13260733 0A373721-618C-4089-B9F3-6089A3DB88CE Scaptodrosophila rufifrons (Loew, 1873) MATERIAL. Russia : Mordovia State Nature Reserve , forest quarters 345, 358, 373, 387, 442, 18.V–6.VI 2020 , 2 ♂ , 6 ♀ (AR); Zubova Polyana District , 6 km E of Vysha , 15–28.V 2020 , 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ (AR); Tengushevo District , 6 km W of Barashevo , 26.V–8.VI 2020 , 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ (AR); Zubova Polyana District , 3 km S of Lepley , 17–19.VI 2021 , 1 ♀ (ME) . DISTRIBUTION. Widespread in Palaearctic region ( Bächli & Rocha Pité, 1984 ) and Russia ( Gornostaev, 1997 ; Sidorenko, 2001 ). This species was recorded from the Mordovia State Nature Reserve by Ruchin et al . (2021) and Gornostaev et al . (2022 , 2023).