А REVIEW OF SCIARIDS OF THE GENUS SCIARA MEIGEN (DIPTERA, SCIARIDAE) OF THE ALTAI FAUNA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF ONE NEW SPECIES
The collection material of sciarids of the genus Sciara Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Sciaridae) of the Altai fauna was collected in the spring-summer period from 1991 to 2021 in unique areas of the Altai Krai and the Altai Republic, has been studied. A new species of Sciara duplex Komarov & Komarova, sp. nov. is described. Also, short descriptions of 7 species of the genus Sciara are given on the material from Altai: Sciara hemerobioides (Scopoli, 1763); Sciara marginata Mohrig & Krivosheina, 1983; Sciara helvola Winnertz, 1867; Sciara flavimana Zetterstedt, 1851; Sciara scopastylus Komarova, 2014; Sciara humeralis Zetterstedt, 1851, Sciara ruficauda Meigen, 1818. The key and drawings of taxonomically significant morphological structures for imago have been developed for all altaian mosquitos of the genus Sciara Meigen,1803.