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Issue: Vol. 5793 No. 1: 15 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5793.1.1
Page range: 1-41
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New records of Diptera from Lagodekhi Reserve, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of new species

Diptera Identification Services; Ottery St Mary; Devon EX11 1US
Agriculture and Agri–Food Canada; 960 Carling Avenue; Ottawa; ON; Canada
Research Associate; National Museums of Scotland; Collection Centre; 242 West Granton Road; Edinburgh EH5 1JA; Scotland
Department of Ecology; University of Prešov; 17. novembra 1; 081 16 Prešov; Slovakia
Vliegerstraat 94; 2312 CN Leiden; the Netherlands
Jan Willem van Zuijlen; Mendelssohnstraat 62; 5144 GH Waalwijk; The Netherlands
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart; Rosenstein 1; 70191 Stuttgart; Germany
Institute of Entomology; Agricultural University of Georgia; Tbilisi; Georgia; Invertebrate Research Center; Tetritsklebi; Telavi; Georgia
Diptera Georgia Lagodekhi Protected Areas

Abstract

Sixteen families were studied from the survey presented here, seven of which were new to Georgia. Of the 62 genera identified, 54 represent new country records. Of the 140 recorded species, 111 are new records for Georgia, whereas 10 are new for science and described here for the first time. The most diverse family was Sphaeroceridae with 39 species, followed by Agromyzidae with 27. Of the newly described species, seven belong to Agromyzidae: Liriomyza priapus Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (Napomyza) alata Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (P.) affinoides Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (P.) orphne Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (P.) pilosinomia Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (P.) skia Lonsdale, sp. nov.; Phytomyza (P.) villosus Lonsdale, sp. nov.; and three to Sphaeroceridae: Copromyza pileus Brice, sp. nov.; Gonioneura lagodekhiensis Brice, sp. nov.; and Terrilimosina irwini Brice, sp. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Brice, D., Lonsdale, O., Macgowan, I., Oboňa, J., Weele, R.V.D., Zuijlen, J.W.V., Whitmore, D. & Japoshvili, G. (2026) New records of Diptera from Lagodekhi Reserve, Sakartvelo (Georgia), with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa, 5793 (1), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5793.1.1