Makarchenko E.A., Gunderina L.I.
Bulletin of the North-East scientific center 2019; (1)
Brief review of the fauna, systematics, distribution and biology of the archaic nymphomyiid fly in the Russian Far East and the adjacent territory is given. Adults of male and female of Nymphomyia alba Tokunaga, 1932 from Kunashir Island (Kuril Islands) and N. levanidovae Rohdendorf et Kalugina, 1974 from the Kedrovaya Pad’ Nature Reserve (Southern Primorye) are redescribed and illustrated. For the first time, the morphological analysis and the partial CÜI gene sequencing of these species have been carried out simultaneously. The species specificity of Coi sequences has been shown. These sequences could be used as additional diagnostic characters, molecular markers, for identifying of N. alba and N. levanidovae and differentiating them from previously studied N. rohdendorfi Makarchenko and N. kannasatoi Makarchenko et Gunderina species.
