Solodkii I.D.*, Pilipenko V.E. 2025. Brief review of the species of the genus Helius Lepeletier et Serville, 1828 (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Russia, with description of a new species from Far East of Russia // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.3: 398–407 [in English].
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 1, build. 12, Moscow 119234 Russia.
* Corresponding author
Ivan Solodkii: ivansolodkii2005@gmail.com; ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2337-3462
Valentin Pilipenko: vep@mail.ru; ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6647-3626
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.3.10
ABSTRACT. A new species, Helius (Helius) sidorenkoi sp.n., is described from the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. The genus Helius is recorded in the region for the first time. Based on morphological features, we consider the form Helius (Helius) ussuriensis Savchenko, 1983 stat.n. as a species and its redescription is given. A review of the literature on the systematic position of the genus within the family Limoniidae is presented. A key to species of the genus Helius of Russia is given.
KEY WORDS: short-palped craneflies, new geographical record, systematic position, taxonomy, Jewish Autonomous Oblast.