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Issue: Vol. 5886 No. 2: 2 Oct. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5886.2.6
Page range: 259-272
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Expanding the faunal knowledge of Azerbaijan: new Diptera records from randomized surveys

Living Systems Research Institute PLE; Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan; 115 A. Abbaszadeh St.; AZ 1004; Baku; Azerbaijan; Western Caspian University; 31 Istiglaliyyat St.; Baku; Azerbaijan
Tři Sekery 21; 35301 Mariánské Lázně; Czechia
Tři Sekery 21; 35301 Mariánské Lázně; Czechia
Diekstraße 6; 33824 Werther (Westf.); Germany
Forest Research Institute; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 132 St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd; 1756 Sofia; Bulgaria
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology; NAS of Ukraine; Bogdan Chmielnicki St.; 15/2; 01054 Kyiv; Ukraine; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Invalidenstr. 43; 10115 Berlin; Germany
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Estonian University of Life Sciences; Kreutzwaldi st 5; 51006 Tartu; Estonia
Na Potoce 276; 39181 Veselí nad Lužnicí; Czechia
Department of Ecology; Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences; University of Prešov; 17. novembra 1; 08116 Prešov; Slovakia
Diptera faunistics biodiversity hotspot species inventory new country records protected areas opportunistic sampling Palaearctic region

Abstract

The Caucasus is recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot; however, the diversity of many insect groups, including Diptera, remains insufficiently documented, particularly within protected areas. In this study, we present new faunistic data on Diptera from Azerbaijan based on material collected between 2011 and 2025 across a wide range of habitats and elevations, including several national parks and nature reserves. A total of 123 species/taxa belonging to 21 families were recorded, of which 85 species are reported from Azerbaijan for the first time, substantially expanding the known distribution of numerous taxa in the Caucasus region. New country records were identified across multiple dipteran families, highlighting the high yet still underestimated diversity of flies in the studied area. A considerable portion of the material originated from protected areas, emphasizing their importance as reservoirs of previously undocumented invertebrate diversity. Our results demonstrate that even non-targeted and opportunistic sampling can yield significant faunistic discoveries in biodiversity-rich but poorly explored regions. The study further underlines the need to integrate Diptera and other invertebrates more explicitly into biodiversity assessments and research programs within protected areas of the Caucasus.

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How to Cite

Snegovaya, N., Dvořáková, K., Dvořák, L., Grundmann, B., Kechev, M., Korneyev, V., Kurina, O., Máca, J. & Oboňa, J. (2026) Expanding the faunal knowledge of Azerbaijan: new Diptera records from randomized surveys. Zootaxa, 5886 (2), 259–272. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5886.2.6