The Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Armenia
Author
Rognes, Knut
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-02
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Pollenia viatica
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Most recent taxonomic treatment.
Rognes (1991a
, as
pallida
Rohdendorf; 1991b).
Material.
Aragatsotn
:
Below Spitak Pass, N
40°45 E44°16,
2300–2380 m
,
31.vii.2015
,
1 ♂
[2600, dissected],
4 ♀
[2601, 2602, 2603, 2604]
.
Tavush
:
Haghartsin
monastery environs, N40°48 E44°
53, 1440–1700 m
,
10.viii.2017
,
1 ♂
[2629, dissected]
.
Previous Armenian records.
Rognes (1991a: 230)
reported
P. viatica
(as
pallida
) from
Armenia
.
Rognes (1991b: 494)
corrected this, pointing out that the record was based on a misidentified female of
P. mediterranea
Grunin
from “
8 km
‘S Bigenak perevala’ [Bichenakskiy Pass]” in
Nakhchivan
, thus in
Azerbaijan
(see
Rognes 1991b
: 476).
Distribution.
Widely distributed in the Western Palaearctic Region, east to
Kazakhstan
,
Uzbekistan
and
Kyrgyzstan
, south to
Syria
(Golan Heights),
Israel
and
West Bank
.