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 Drosophila ( Sophophora ) melanogaster Meigen, 1830 MATERIAL. Russia : Mordovia State Nature Reserve , forest quarter 342, 27.V–6.VI 2019 , 1 ♂ (AR); Zubova Polyana District , 6 km E of Vysha , 28.V–9.VI 2020 , 1 ♀ (AR); Zubova Polyana District , 12 km N of Potma , 3–15.VIII 2021 , 2 ♀ (ME) . DISTRIBUTION. This widespread Palaearctic species was recently found in Mordovia ( Gornostaev et al ., 2022 , 2023).