Gavryushin D.I. 2015. New species and records of short-palped crane-flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Krasnodar Territory, Russia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.24. No.2: 149–153 [in English].
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 6, Moscow, 125009, Russia. E-mail: dmitry_gavryushin@yahoo.com
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Limoniidae, Limnophilinae, Chioneinae, Austrolimnophila, Scleroprocta, Russia, Krasnodar Territory, Caucasus, taxonomy, description, new species, new records.
ABSTRACT. Two new species of short-palped crane-flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) are described from Russia (Krasnodar Territory, the Caucasus region), Austrolimnophila (Austrolimnophila) vikhrevi sp.n. and Scleroprocta staryi sp.n. Descriptions of males and illustrations of male genitalia are provided. Five species are recorded as new to the fauna of Russia, Ormosia (Ormosia) bicornis (de Meijere, 1920) (new for mainland Russia), Ormosia (Ormosia) longispina Savchenko, 1983, Eloeophila minor Stary, 2009, Prionolabis subcognata Savchenko, 1971, and Elliptera omissa Schiner, 1863.