A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia

241 A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Meri Arzumanyan1,2 , Natela Tarzyan2, Björn Rulik3, Adrian Pont4 1 Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia 2 Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia 3 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany 4 Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK Corresponding author: Meri Arzumanyan (arzumany[email protected]) Copyright: © Meri Arzumanyan et al. This is an open access article distributed under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (Attribution 4.0 International – CC BY 4.0). Checklist Abstract This paper presents the first comprehensive checklist of the Diptera of Armenia, encompassing 53 families and more than 1361 species, including 106 species recorded for the first time in the country. These new records significantly expand the known dipteran fauna of the region, highlighting both the biological richness of Armenia and the substantial gaps that remain in our knowledge of the Diptera of the region. New records are given in the families Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Scathophagidae and Sciomyzidae. The checklist has been compiled through a synthesis of historical literature, museum collections, and recent field surveys, and will provide an essential reference point for future faunistic, ecological, and conservation studies. Given the ecological sensitivity of many dipteran groups and their utility as bioindicators, this baseline inventory will contribute not only to taxonomy and biogeography but also to broader environmental monitoring efforts within Armenia. Key words: Arthropods, biodiversity, insects, invertebrates, Caucasus Introduction Armenia is located at the crossroads of the Caucasus ecoregion, which is a unique and rich biodiversity hotspot with complex topography and various climatic zones (Myers et al. 2000; Zazanashvili et al. 2004). Armenia is estimated to have a total animal diversity of 17,000 species including 12,000 species of insects; more than 300 species of animals are presented as endemic to the country (Fayvush 2023). Among insects, Diptera are one of the more poorly studied orders of insects. The earliest works from Armenia cover the family Simuliidae (Terterian 1968), while some pest species were studied in the 1970s (Avetyan and Mirzoyan 1976; Mirzoyan 1977). The few works that included family records from Armenia covered the Caucasus region in general or the entire USSR (Rohdendorf 1937; Paramonov 1940; Richter 1968), and consequently there are very few records from Armenia for most families. Most of the works regarding different families are scattered in different publications and catalogues which necessitates the creation of a united list of all publicly available data for Diptera of Armenia. The goal of this study was to create a checklist of all known Diptera for Armenia. Academic editor: Art Borkent Received: 13 August 2025 Accepted: 30 October 2025 Published: 8 December 2025 ZooBank: https://zoobank. org/996ACEB4-856E-4F3D-B269F1D975125460 Citation: Arzumanyan M, Tarzyan N, Rulik B, Pont A (2025) A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia. ZooKeys 1262: 241–288. https://doi. org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 242 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Materials and methods Records have been obtained from published research articles, books, and catalogues, and also from on-line catalogues of some individual families. These sources reveal that the sampling of different families of the Armenian Diptera has taken place at various times in the past, according to the specialities of individual investigators. Fundamental to our work has been the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (Soós and Papp 1984–1993). Catalogues and monographs of individual families are mentioned below under the relevant family. Most names have been checked for their availability and validity with the on-line Systema Dipterorum (Evenhuis and Pape 2025). The presented format for the checklist is arranged alphabetically within two broad categories of Brachycera and “Nematocera”. New records in the present checklist will be found in the family Anthomyiidae, based on collections in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK; in the Muscidae, in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia; and in the Sciomyzidae and Scathophagidae, in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. This checklist does not include species that have been recorded simply from the “Caucasus” or from “Transcaucasus”. The species recorded here in this checklist have all been listed at least from “Armenia”, although frequently specific localities have also been mentioned. Results The number of species in each family of Diptera known from Armenia are given below (Table 1). Table 1. Checklist of the Diptera of Armenia. N Family Number of recorded species Number of new records Brachycera 1Agromyzidae 12 0 2 Anthomyiidae 4 71 3 Anthomyzidae 1 0 4 Asilidae 39 0 5 Bombyliidae 253 0 6 Calliphoridae 28 0 7 Chamaemyiidae 19 0 8 Chloropidae 8 0 9 Conopidae 18 0 10 Curtonotidae 10 11 Dolichopodidae 25 0 12 Drosophilidae 20 13 Empididae 10 0 14 Ephydridae 16 0 15 Fanniidae 20 0 16 Hybotidae 30 17 Lauxaniidae 10 18 Micropezidae 10 243 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia The species listed below with “*” are new records for Armenia. Diptera: Brachycera Agromyzidae The family Agromyzidae contains many species that are pests of various crops and vegetables, and these have been studied in Armenia by several authors (Avetyan and Mirzoyan 1976; Mirzoyan 1977). Their distribution may be restricted to specific host-plants in specific areas, or may cover large parts or even the whole of Armenia. N Family Number of recorded species Number of new records 19 Muscidae 184 24 20 Mythicomyiidae 5 0 21 Opomyzidae 20 22 Phaeomyiidae 1 0 23 Piophilidae 1 0 24 Platystomatidae 7 0 25 Rhinophoridae 1 0 26 Sarcophagidae 83 0 27 Scathophagidae 26 28 Sciomyzidae 11 5 29 Sepsidae 18 0 30 Sphaeroceridae 6 0 31 Stratiomyidae 22 0 32 Tabanidae 36 0 33 Tachinidae 68 0 34 Tephritidae 12 0 35 Therevidae 8 0 36 Ulidiidae 20 “Nematocera” 37 Anisopodidae 2 0 38 Bibionidae 40 39 Blephariceridae 10 40 Cecidomyiidae 126 0 41 Ceratopogonidae 49 0 42 Chironomidae 7 0 43 Culicidae 31 0 44 Dixidae 30 45 Keroplatidae 30 46 Limoniidae 62 0 47 Mycetophilidae 5 0 48 Pediciidae 5 0 49 Psychodidae 37 0 50 Ptychopteridae 20 51 Scatopsidae 30 52 Simuliidae 60 0 53 Tipulidae 31 0 Total 1361 106 244 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 1. Agromyza salicifolii Collin, 1911 2. Aulagromyza tridentata (Loew, 1858) 3. Cerodontha denticornis (Panzer, 1806) 4. Cerodontha incisa (Meigen, 1830) 5. Euhexomyza schineri (Giraud, 1862) 6. Euhexomyza simplicoides (Hendel, 1920) 7. Liriomyza strigata (Meigen, 1830) 8. Phytagromyza hendeliana Hering, 1926 9. Phytobia elaeagni Rohdendorf-Holmanová, 1959 10. Phytomyza atricornis Meigen, 1838 11. Phytomyza potentillae (Kaltenbach, 1864) 12. Phytomyza xylostei Goureau, 1851 Anthomyiidae The list of Anthomyiidae also includes published records of several species that are serious agricultural pests in Armenia, such as Delia platura, and that are predators of black flies (Avetyan and Mirzoyan 1976; Ackland and Werner 2006). The list below is based on collections made by ACP in all parts of Armenia which were identified by the late Michael Ackland (UK) and which are now deposited in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (UK). 1. *Acyglossa atramentaria (Meigen, 1826) 2. *Adia cinerella (Fallén, 1825) 3. *Alliopsis billbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838) 4. *Alliopsis pilitarsis (Stein, 1900) 5. *Alliopsis simulivora Ackland in Ackland & Werner, 2006 6. *Anthomyia liturata (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 7. *Anthomyia pluvialis (Linnaeus, 1758) 8. *Anthomyia procellaris Rondani, 1866 9. *Botanophila discreta (Meigen, 1826) 10. *Botanophila dissecta (Meigen, 1826) 11. *Botanophila extensa Ackland, 2008 12. *Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826) 13. *Botanophila intermedia (Zetterstedt, 1860) 14. *Botanophila turcica (Hennig, 1972) 15. *Botanophila varicolor (Meigen, 1826) 16. *Botanophila verticella (Zetterstedt, 1838) 17. *Calythea nigricans (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 18. *Delia angustaeformis (Ringdahl, 1933) 19. *Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826) 20. *Delia bracata (Rondani, 1866) 21. *Delia cardui (Meigen, 1826) 22. *Delia carduiformis (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911) 23. Delia coarctata (Fallén, 1825) 24. *Delia cuneata Tiensuu, 1946 25. *Delia echinata (Séguy, 1923) 26. *Delia giresunensis Hennig, 1974 245 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 27. Delia floralis (Fallén, 1824) 28. *Delia hirticrura (Rondani, 1871) 29. *Delia lophota (Pandellé, 1900) 30. *Delia majuscula (Pokorny, 1889) 31. *Delia megatricha (Kertész, 1901) 32. *Delia penicilliventris Ackland, 2010 33. *Delia penicillosa Hennig, 1974 34. Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) 35. *Delia podagricicauda Xue, 1997 36. *Delia radicum (Linnaeus, 1758) 37. *Enneastigma compressum (Stein, 1916) 38. *Eutrichota inornata (Loew, 1873) 39. *Heterostylodes nominabilis (Collin, 1947) 40. *Heterostylodes obscura (Macquart, 1835) 41. *Hydrophoria linogrisea (Meigen, 1826) 42. *Hydrophoria ruralis (Meigen, 1826) 43. *Hydrophoria silvicola (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 44. *Hylemya nigrimana (Meigen, 1826) 45. *Hylemya partita (Meigen, 1826) 46. *Hylemya urbica (Wulp, 1896) 47. *Hylemya vagans (Panzer, 1798) 48. *Hylemya variata (Fallén, 1823) 49. *Lasiomma seminitidum (Zetterstedt, 1845) 50. *Lasiomma strigilatum (Zetterstedt, 1838) 51. *Leucophora cinerea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 52. *Leucophora personata (Collin, 1922) 53. *Leucophora sponsa (Meigen, 1826) 54. *Leucophora unistriata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 55. *Paradelia intersecta (Meigen, 1826) 56. *Paregle audacula (Harris, 1780) 57. *Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817) 58. *Pegomya conformis (Fallén, 1825) 59. *Pegomya cunicularia (Rondani, 1866) 60. *Pegomya flavifrons (Walker, 1849) 61. *Pegomya geniculata (Bouché, 1834) 62. *Pegomya hybernae Michelsen, 1988 63. Pegomya hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809) 64. *Pegomya meridiana (Villeneuve, 1923) 65. *Pegomya sollennis (Meigen, 1826) 66. *Pegomya ulmaria (Rondani, 1866) 67. *Pegoplata aestiva (Meigen, 1826) 68. *Pegoplata infirma (Meigen, 1826) 69. *Phorbia curvicauda (Zetterstedt, 1845) 70. *Phorbia fumigata (Meigen, 1826) 71. *Phorbia genitalis (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911) 72. *Phorbia lobata (Huckett, 1929) 73. Phorbia securis Tiensuu, 1935 74. *Subhylemyia longula (Fallén, 1824) 75. *Zaphne divisa (Meigen, 1826) 246 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Anthomyzidae Only a single record has been found for this family, in Roháček (2006) where Armenia is included in the distribution of this species. 1. Anthomyza gracilis Fallén, 1823 Asilidae The earliest records for Asilidae are found in the monograph by Richter (1968). Further records are given by Ghahari et al. (2007, 2014) and Mohammadi and Khaghaninia (2016). Machimus erevanensis Richter, 1963 and Satanas gigas Evermann, 1885 are included in the Red Book of Armenia (2010). 1. Acnephalum leucostomum (Engel, 1930) 2. Acnephalum mixtum (Loew, 1847) 3. Anarolius jubatus Loew, 1844 4. Cerdistus denticulatus (Loew, 1849) 5. Cerdistus manii Schiner, 1867 6. Crobilocerus megilliformis (Loew, 1847) 7. Didysmachus picipes (Meigen, 1820) 8. Dysmachus bilobus Loew, 1871 9. Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871 10. Dysmachus stylifer (Loew, 1854) 11. Eremisca araratica Richter, 1966 12. Eutolmus calopus (Loew, 1848) 13. Eutolmus parricida (Loew, 1848) 14. Habropogon doriae Rondani, 1873 15. Heteropogon lehri Richter, 1968 16. Heteropogon mesasiaticus Lehr, 1970 17. Holopogon imbecillus Loew, 1871 18. Lamyra fimbriata (Meigen, 1820) 19. Lamyra fuliginosa (Panzer, 1803) 20. Laphria dizonias Loew, 1847 21. Lasiopogon avetianae Richter, 1962 22. Leptogaster armeniaca Paramonov, 1930 23. Leptogaster calceata Engel, 1925 24. Machimus erevanensis Richter, 1963 25. Molobratia egregia (Loew, 1869) 26. Neoitamus senectus Richter, 1963 27. Neomochtherus perplexus (Becker, 1923) 28. Neomochtherus rossicus Engel, 1927 29. Neopsilocurus hypopygialis (Paramanov, 1930) 30. Ommatius stackelbergi (Richter, 1960) 31. Pegesimallus mesasiaticus (Lehr, 1958) 32. Satanas gigas Evermann, 1885 33. Stenopogon callosus (Pallas &Wiedemann, 1818) 34. Stenopogon mollis Loew, 1868 35. Stenopogon nataliae Richter, 1963 247 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 36. Stichopogon callidus Richter, 1966 37. Stichopogon elegantulus (Meigen & Wiedemann, 1820) 38. Stichopogon venustus Richter, 1963 39. Tolmerus richterae Lehr, 1981. Bombyliidae This is the largest and one of the best-researched Diptera families in Armenia. Many species have been described or recorded from Armenia by Paramonov (1940). The list below is based on the world catalogue published by Evenhuis and Greathead (1999; 2003; 2015). 1. Amictus pictus Loew, 1869 2. Amictus validus Loew, 1869 3. Anastoecbus araxis Paramonov, 1926 4. Anastoechus caucasicus Paramonov, 1930 5. Anastoechus exalbidus (Meigen & Wiedemann, 1820) 6. Anastoechus fulvescens Becker in Becker & Stein, 1913 7. Anastoechus hyrcanus (Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818) 8. Anastoechus mylabricida Zakhvatkin, 1934 9. Anastoechus nigricirratus Becker & Stein, 1913 10. Anastoechus trisignatus (Portschinsky, 1881) 11. Anastoechus zimini Paramonov, 1940 12. Anthrax alagoezicus Paramonov, 1935 13. Anthrax anthrax (Schrank, 1781) 14. Anthrax armeniacus Paramonov, 1935 15. Anthrax chionostigma Tsacas, 1962 16. Anthrax erythrogaster Paramonov, 1935 17. Anthrax incitus Paramonov, 1935 18. Anthrax jazykovi Zakhvaktin, 1934 19. Anthrax leucogaster Meigen & Wiedemann, 1820 20. Anthrax monacha (Sack, 1909) 21. Anthrax pilosulus Strobl, 1902 22. Anthrax repetekianus Paramonov, 1935 23. Anthrax shelkovnikovi Paramonov, 1935 24. Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832 25. Anthrax varius Fabricius, 1794 26. Anthrax virgo Egger, 1859 27. Antonia arenacea Paramonov, 1933 28. Antonia armeniaca Paramonov, 1929 29. Aphoebantus armeniacus Paramonov, 1925 30. Apolysis dolichorostris Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999 31. Beckerellus androgynus (Loew, 1855) 32. Bombomyia discoideus (Fabricius, 1794) 33. Bombomyia vertebralis Dufour, 1833 34. Bombylella atra (Scopoli, 1763) 35. Bombylisoma breviusculum (Loew, 1855) 36. Bombylisoma croaticum (Kertész, 1901) 37. Bombylisoma flavibarbum (Loew, 1855) 248 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 38. Bombylisoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1794) 39. Bombylisoma minimum (Scopoli, 1771) 40. Bombylisoma nigriceps (Loew, 1862) 41. Bombylisoma unicolor (Loew, 1855) 42. Bombylius alexanderi Paramonov, 1940 43. Bombylius ambustus Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818 44. Bombylius analis Olivier, 1789 45. Bombylius apicalis Meigen, 1820 46. Bombylius armeniacus Paramonov, 1925 47. Bombylius candidus Loew, 1855 48. Bombylius canescens Mikan, 1796 49. Bombylius cinerarius Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818 50. Bombylius cinerascens Mikan, 1796 51. Bombylius citrinus Loew, 1855 52. Bombylius discolor Mikan, 1796 53. Bombylius fimbriatus Meigen, 1820 54. Bombylius floccosus Loew, 1857 55. Bombylius fuscus Fabricius, 1781 56. Bombylius iranicus Paramonov, 1940 57. Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758 58. Bombylius medius Linnaeus, 1758 59. Bombylius megacephalus Portschinsky, 1887 60. Bombylius minor Linnaeus, 1758 61. Bombylius modestus Loew, 1873 62. Bombylius mus Bigot, 1862 63. Bombylius niveus Meigen, 1804 64. Bombylius nubilus Mikan, 1796 65. Bombylius posticus Fabricius, 1805 66. Bombylius pumilus Meigen, 1820 67. Bombylius quadrifarius Loew, 1855 68. Bombylius repeteki Paramonov, 1940 69. Bombylius semifuscus Meigen, 1820 70. Bombylius shah Paramonov, 1940 71. Bombylius shelkovnikovi Paramonov, 1926 72. Bombylius testaceiventris Paramonov, 1925 73. Bombylius torquatus Loew, 1855 74. Bombylius trichurus Wiedemann, 1818 75. Bombylius venosus Mikan, 1796 76. Bombylius vlasovi Paramonov, 1940 77. Caecanthrax arabicus (Macquart, 1840) 78. Callostoma fascipenne Macquart, 1840 79. Chalcochiton pallasii (Loew, 1856) 80. Cononedys armenica Paramonov, 1925 81. Conophorus caucasicus Zaitzev, 1960 82. Conophorus glaucescens (Loew, 1863) 83. Conophorus nobilis (Loew, 1873) 84. Conophorus paraduncus Paramonov, 1929 85. Conophorus rjabovi Paramonov, 1929 86. Conophorus rossicus Paramonov, 1929 249 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 87. Conophorus syriacus Paramonov, 1929 88. Conophorus talyshensis Zaitzev, 1960 89. Conophorus virescens (Fabricius, 1787) 90. Cyllenia marginata Loew, 1846 91. Cyllenia rustica (Rossi, 1790) 92. Cytherea araxana Paramonov, 1930 93. Cytherea dispar (Loew, 1873) 94. Cytherea fenestrulata (Loew, 1873) 95. Cytherea elegans Paramonov, 1930 96. Cytherea infuscata (Meigen, 1820) 97. Cytherea melaleuca (Loew, 1873) 98. Cytherea obscura (Fabricius, 1794) 99. Cytherea persicanus (Becker, 1903) 100. Desmatoneura nivea (Rossi, 1790) 101. Eremyia transcaspicus (Paramonov, 1924) 102. Exhyalanthrax afer (Fabricius, 1794) 103. Exhyalanthrax intermedius (Paramonov, 1927) 104. Exhyalanthrax macrops (Portschinsky, 1887) 105. Exhyalanthrax melanchlaenus (Loew, 1869) 106. Exhyalanthrax muscarius (Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818) 107. Exhyalanthrax parvus (Paramonov, 1927) 108. Exhyalanthrax stigmula (Klug, 1832) 109. Exoprosopa capucina (Fabricius, 1781) 110. Exoprosopa cleomene Egger, 1859 111. Exoprosopa dedecor Loew, 1871 112. Exoprosopa dyonisii Bigot, 1861 113. Exoprosopa dispar (Loew, 1869) 114. Exoprosopa grandis (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820) 115. Exoprosopa jacchus (Fabricius, 1805) 116. Exoprosopa lugens Paramonov, 1928 117. Exoprosopa minoides Paramonov, 1928 118. Exoprosopa minois Loew, 1869 119. Exoprosopa minos (Meigen, 1804) 120. Exoprosopa pectoralis Loew, 1862 121. Exoprosopa pleskei Paramonov, 1928 122. Exoprosopa rivularis Meigen, 1820 123. Exoprosopa rutila Pallas & Wiedemann, 1818 124. Geron auratus Zaitzev, 1962 125. Geron canescens Zaitzev, 1962 126. Geron griseus Zaitzev, 1962 127. Geron kozlovi Zaitzev, 1972 128. Geron krymensis Paramonov, 1929 129. Geron albifacies Bezzi, 1924 130. Hemipenthes caucasica Zaitzev, 1966 131. Hemipenthes exoprosopoides Paramonov, 1928 132. Hemipenthes hamifera (Loew, 1854) 133. Hemipenthes maura (Linnaeus, 1758) 134. Hemipenthes mischanensis Paramonov, 1927 135. Hemipenthes morio (Linnaeus, 1758) 256 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 4. Ditrichophora rampinii (Canzoneri & Meneghini, 1975) 5. Ephydra afghanica Dahl, 1961 6. Ephydra glauca Meigen, 1830 7. Hydrellia albiceps (Meigen, 1824) 8. Hydrellia griseola Fallén, 1813 9. Mosillus subsultans (Fabricius, 1794) 10. Notiphila dorsata Stenhammar, 1844 11. Notiphila graecula Becker, 1926 12. Notiphila nigricornis Stenhammar, 1844 13. Notiphila riparia Meigen, 1830 14. Notiphila venusta Loew, 1856 15. Parydra littoralis (Meigen, 1830) 16. Psilopa nitidula Fallen, 1823 Fanniidae The Fanniidae of Armenia have been enumerated in two faunistic papers by Pont (2015, 2017b). 1. Fannia armata (Meigen, 1826) 2. Fannia barbata (Stein, 1892) 3. Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761) 4. Fannia caucasica Pont, 2015 5. Fannia cothurnata (Loew, 1873) 6. Fannia difficilis (Stein, 1895) 7. Fannia fuscula (Fallén, 1825) 8. Fannia genualis (Stein, 1895) 9. Fannia incisurata (Zetterstedt, 1838) 10. Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817) 11. Fannia monilis (Haliday, 1838) 12. Fannia norvegica Ringdahl, 1934 13. Fannia ornata (Meigen, 1826) 14. Fannia parva (Stein, 1895) 15. Fannia polychaeta (Stein, 1895) 16. Fannia postica (Stein, 1895) 17. Fannia rondanii (Strobl, 1893) 18. Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794) 19. Fannia serena (Fallén, 1825) 20. Fannia similis (Stein, 1895) Hybotidae This family is represented by a very few species in Armenia (Soós and Papp 1989; Shamshev 2016). 1. Crossopalpus aeneus (Walker, 1871) 2. Hybos vagans Loew, 1874 3. Platypalpus albiseta (Panzer, 1806) 257 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Lauxaniidae This family is represented by only one species in Armenia (Soós and Papp 1984). 1. Peplomyza intermedia Remm, 1979 Micropezidae This family is represented by only one species in Armenia (Soós and Papp 1984) 1. Micropeza cingulata Loew, 1868 Muscidae The Muscidae of Armenia have been dealt with in a number of papers by Pont and colleagues, based on collections made by ACP in all parts of Armenia (Pont 2012, 2013a, 2022, 2023; Pont et al. 2005, 2011, 2012a, b). Records were summarised in Pont (2018). The new records listed below were found in the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia, and in samples collected during the present project. 1. Atherigona varia (Meigen, 1826) 2. Azelia aterrima (Meigen, 1826) 3. Azelia cilipes (Haliday, 1838) 4. Azelia monodactyla Loew, 1874 5. Azelia nebulosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 6. Azelia triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817) 7. Azelia zetterstedtii Rondani, 1866 8. Coenosia agromyzina (Fallén, 1825) 9. Coenosia ambulans Meigen, 1826 10. Coenosia atra Meigen, 1826 11. *Coenosia attenuata Stein in Becker, 1903 12. Coenosia femoralis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 13. Coenosia gracilis Stein, 1916 14. Coenosia humilis Meigen, 1826 15. Coenosia infantula Rondani, 1866 16. Coenosia intermedia (Fallén, 1825) 17. Coenosia mollicula (Fallén, 1825b) 18. Coenosia nevadensis Lyneborg, 1970 19. Coenosia nigridigita Rondani, 1866 20. Coenosia octosignata Rondani, 1866 21. *Coenosia oligochaeta Hennig, 1961 22. *Coenosia praetexta Pandellé, 1899 23. Coenosia pulicaria (Zetterstedt, 1845) 24. Coenosia pumila (Fallén, 1825) 25. *Coenosia pygmaea (Zetterstedt, 1845) 26. *Coenosia rufipalpis Meigen, 1826 27. Coenosia testacea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 258 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 28. Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775) 29. Coenosia verralli Collin, 1953 30. Coenosia wernerae Pont in Pont, Werner & Kachvoryan, 2005 31. Dasyphora albofasciata (Macquart, 1839) 32. Dasyphora cyanella (Meigen, 1826) 33. Dasyphora cyanicolor (Zetterstedt, 1845) 34. Dasyphora meridionalis Zimin, 1951 35. Dasyphora penicillata (Egger, 1865) 36. Dasyphora pratorum (Meigen, 1826) 37. Dasyphora zimini Hennig, 1963 38. Drymeia caucasica (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911) 39. Drymeia fasciculata (Stein, 1916) 40. Drymeia fratercula Pont, 2022 41. Drymeia setibasis (Huckett, 1965) 42. Drymeia sororcula Pont, 2022 43. Drymeia vicana (Harris, 1780) 44. Eginia ocypterata (Meigen, 1826) 45. Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763) 46. Gymnodia polystigma (Meigen, 1826) 47. Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758) 48. Haematobia titillans (Bezzi, 1907a) 49. Haematobosca atripalpis (Bezzi, 1895) 50. Haematobosca stimulans (Meigen, 1824) 51. Hebecnema fumosa (Meigen, 1826) 52. Hebecnema nigra (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 53. Hebecnema umbratica (Meigen, 1826) 54. Hebecnema vespertina (Fallén, 1823) 55. Helina arctata Collin, 1953 56. Helina atricolor (Fallén, 1825) 57. Helina balsaci (Séguy, 1947) 58. Helina celsa (Harris, 1780) 59. Helina chaetopyga Malloch, 1921 60. Helina cilipes (Schnabl, 1902) 61. Helina cinerella (Wulp, 1867) 62. Helina cothurnata (Rondani, 1866) 63. Helina decipiens Mihályi, 1974 64. Helina depuncta (Fallén, 1825) 65. Helina edita Pont, 2012 66. Helina evecta (Harris, 1780) 67. *Helina fratercula (Zetterstedt, 1845) 68. Helina impuncta (Fallén, 1824) 69. Helina irani Zielke, 2017 70. Helina karina Pont, 2012 71. Helina lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1835) 72. Helina latitarsis Ringdahl, 1924 73. Helina maculipennis (Zetterstedt, 1845) 74. Helina marisha Pont, 2012 75. Helina moedlingensis (Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedicki, 1911) 76. Helina obscurata (Meigen, 1826) 259 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 77. Helina parcepilosa (Stein, 1907) 78. *Helina pertusa (Meigen, 1826) 79. Helina pubiseta (Zetterstedt, 1845) 80. Helina reversio (Harris, 1780) 81. Helina richardi Pont, 2012 82. *Helina sexmaculata (Preyssler, 1791) 83. Helina subvittata (Séguy, 1923) 84. *Helina syracusana Hennig, 1957 85. Helina tetrastigma (Meigen, 1826) 86. Helina trivittata (Zetterstedt, 1860) 87. Hydrotaea aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830) 88. Hydrotaea albipuncta (Zetterstedt, 1845) 89. Hydrotaea armipes (Fallén, 1825) 90. Hydrotaea borussica Stein, 1899 91. *Hydrotaea capensis (Wiedemann, 1818) 92. Hydrotaea cyrtoneurina (Zetterstedt, 1845) 93. Hydrotaea dentipes (Fabricius, 1805) 94. Hydrotaea floccosa Macquart, 1835 95. Hydrotaea glabricula (Fallén, 1825) 96. Hydrotaea himalayensis Pont, 1975 97. Hydrotaea hirticeps (Fallén, 1824) 98. Hydrotaea ignava (Harris, 1780) 99. Hydrotaea irritans (Fallén, 1823) 100. Hydrotaea meridionalis Portschinsky, 1882 101. Hydrotaea meteorica (Linnaeus, 1758) 102. *Hydrotaea militaris (Meigen, 1826) 103. Hydrotaea nidicola Malloch, 1925 104. Hydrotaea ringdahli Stein, 1914 105. Hydrotaea velutina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 106. Limnophora femoriseta Pont, Vikhrev & Werner, 2011 107. Limnophora latevittata Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911 108. Limnophora maculosa (Meigen, 1826) 109. Limnophora mediterranea Pont in Pont et al. 2012 110. Limnophora obsignata (Rondani, 1866) 111. Limnophora olympiae Lyneborg, 1965 112. Limnophora pandellei Séguy, 1923 113. Limnophora patellifera (VilIeneuve, 1911) 114. Limnophora pollinifrons Stein, 1916 115. Limnophora pulchriceps (Loew, 1860) 116. Limnophora riparia (Fallén, 1824) 117. Limnophora rufimana (Strobl, 1893) 118. Limnophora setinerva Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911 119. Limnophora tigrina (Am Stein, 1860) 120. Limnophora triangula (Fallen, 1825) 121. *Lispe assimilis Wiedemann, 1824 122. Lispe consanguinea Loew, 1858 123. Lispe longicollis Meigen, 1826 124. Lispe melaleuca Loew, 1847 125. Lispe nana Macquart, 1835 260 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 126. Lispe pygmaea Fallén, 1825 127. Lispe sericipalpis Stein, 1904 128. *Lispe superciliosa Loew, 1861 129. Lispe tentaculata (De Geer, 1776) 130. Lispocephala erythrocera (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 131. Lispocephala spuria (Zetterstedt, 1838) 132. *Lispocephala vitripennis Ringdahl, 1951 133. Macrorchis meditata (Fallén, 1825) 134. Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758) 135. Mesembrina mystacea (Linnaeus, 1758) 136. *Morellia aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 137. Morellia hortorum (Fallén, 1817) 138. Musca amita Hennig, 1964 139. Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776 140. Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 141. Musca larvipara Portschinsky, 1910 142. Musca osiris Wiedemann, 1830 143. Musca tempestiva Fallén, 1817 144. Musca vitripennis Meigen, 1826 145. Muscina levida (Harris, 1780) 146. Muscina pascuorum (Meigen, 1826) 147. Muscina prolapsa (Harris, 1780) 148. Muscina stabulans (Fallén, 1817) 149. Mydaea ancilla (Meigen, 1826) 150. *Mydaea corni (Scopoli, 1763) 151. Mydaea detrita (Zetterstedt, 1845) 152. Mydaea humeralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 153. *Mydaea lateritia (Rondani, 1866) 154. *Mydaea nebulosa (Stein, 1893) 155. Mydaea urbana (Meigen, 1826) 156. Myospila bimaculata (Macquart, 1834) 157. Myospila meditabunda (Fabricius, 1781) 158. Neomyia cornicina (Fabricius, 1781) 159. Neomyia viridescens (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 160. *Orchisia costata (Meigen, 1826) 161. Phaonia adriani Zinoviev, 1994 162. Phaonia angelicae (Scopoli, 1763) 163. Phaonia cincta (Zetterstedt, 1846) 164. Phaonia errans (Meigen, 1826) 165. Phaonia gayaneae Pont, 2018 166. Phaonia gobertii (Mik, 1881) 167. Phaonia halterata (Stein, 1893) 168. *Phaonia incana (Wiedemann, 1817) 169. Phaonia kobica Schnabl in Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911 170. Phaonia modesta Sorokina, 2015 171. Phaonia pallida (Fabricius, 1787) 172. Phaonia palpata (Stein, 1897) 261 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 173. Phaonia perdita (Meigen, 1830) 174. *Phaonia rufiventris (Scopoli, 1763) 175. Phaonia serva (Meigen, 1826) 176. Phaonia signata (Meigen, 1826) 177. Phaonia subventa (Harris, 1780) 178. *Phaonia trimaculata (Bouché, 1834) 179. Phaonia tuguriorum (Scopoli, 1763) 180. Phaonia valida (Harris, 1780) 181. Polietes domitor (Harris, 1780) 182. Polietes lardarius (Fabricius, 1781) 183. Potamia littoralis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 184. *Pyrellia secunda Zimin, 1951 185. Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 186. Schoenomyza litorella (Fallén, 1823) 187. Spilogona carbonella (Zetterstedt, 1845) 188. Spilogona denigrata (Meigen, 1826) 189. Spilogona dispar (Fallén, 1823) 190. *Spilogona meadei (Schnabl in Becker, 1915) 191. Spilogona nora Pont, 2013 192. Spilogona paradispar Pont, 2023 193. Spilogona taeniata (Stein, 1916) 194. Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) 195. Thricops bukowskii (Ringdahl, 1934) 196. Thricops furcatus (Stein, 1916) 197. Thricops iliata Pont, 2018 198. Thricops longipes (Zetterstedt, 1845) 199. Thricops nigriabdominalis Savage, 2003 200. Thricops nigrifrons (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 201. Thricops nigritellus (Zetterstedt, 1838) 202. Thricops rostratus (Meade, 1882) 203. Thricops semicinereus (Wiedemann, 1817) 204. Thricops simplex (Wiedemann, 1817) 205. Thricops sudeticus (Schnabl, 1888) 206. Thricops tomkovichi Vikhrev in Vikhrev & Sorokina, 2009 207. Thricops vaderi Savage, 2003 208. Ziminellia simplex (Loew, 1857) Mythicomyiidae This family is another of the understudied families of Armenia. The records presented below are from the catalogue by Evenhuis (2002). 1. Cyrtisiopsis melleus (Loew, 1856) 2. Platypygus bellus Loew, 1869 3. Platypygus kurdorum Paramonov, 1929 4. Platypygus melinoproctus Loew, 1873 5. Platypygus ridibundus (Costa, 1863) 262 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Opomyzidae This family is represented by two species in Armenia, which are agricultural pests (Avetyan and Mirzoyan 1976). 1. Geomyza tripunctata (Fallen, 1823) 2. Opomyza florum (Fabricius, 1794) Phaeomyiidae This small family, recently separated from the Sciomyzidae, contains species that are parasitoids of millipedes (Diplopoda) (Soós and Papp 1984). 1. Pelidnoptera nigripennis (Fabricius, 1794) Piophilidae The only Armenian record for this family has been found in the list of pest species by Avetyan and Mirzoyan (1976). 1. Piophila casei (Linnaeus, 1758) Platystomatidae The records from this family were found in volume 9 of the Catalogue of Palearctic Diptera (Soós and Papp 1984). The last species was from Avetyan and Mirzoyan (1976) where the family was Platystotidae. 1. Platystoma bipilosum Portschinsky, 1875 2. Platystoma chrysotoxum Hendel, 1913 3. Platystoma malatiense Hennig, 1945 4. Platystoma punctiventre Portschinsky, 1875 5. Platystoma seminationis ssp. rufimana Loew, 1873 6. Platystomata gilvipes Loew, 1868 7. Platystoma rufipes Meigen, 1826 Rhinophoridae Rhinophorid larvae are endoparasitoids of woodlice. One species has been recorded from Armenia (Cerretti et al. 2020). 1. Tromodesia shachrudi (Rohdendorf, 1935) Sarcophagidae Many records of Sarcophagidae from Armenia date from Rohdendorf (1937) and, more recently, from a number of papers by Yu.G. Verves. These have been summarised and supplemented by the world catalogue by Pape (1996). 263 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 1. Amobia pelopei Rondani, 1859 2. Angiometopa falleni Pape, 1986 3. Apodacra ljudmilae Verves, 1980 4. Apodacra rohdendorfi Verves, 1980 5. Blaesoxipha grisea (Meigen, 1926) 6. Blaesoxipha richterae Rohdendorf & Verves, 1977 7. Blaesoxipha shelkovnikovi Rohdendorf, 1937 8. Brachicoma devia (Fallén, 1820) 9. Craticulina tabaniformis (Fabricius, 1805) 10. Metopia argyrocephala (Meigen, 1824) 11. Metopia campestris (Fallén, 1810) 12. Miltogramma chivae Rohdendorf, 1935 13. Miltogramma occipitalis Pandellé, 1895 14. Miltogramma oestracea (Fallén, 1820) 15. Miltogramma punctata Meigen, 1824 16. Miltogramma ruficornis Meigen, 1824 17. Miltogramma rutilans Meigen, 1824 18. Miltogramma taeniata Meigen, 1824 19. Miltogramma testaceifrons (Roser, 1840) 20. Nyctia halterata (Panzer, 1798) 21. Paramacronychia flavipalpis (Girschner, 1881) 22. Phylloteles pictipennis Loew, 1844 23. Protomiltogramma fasciata (Meigen, 1824) 24. Protomiltogramma jaxartiana (Rohdendorf, 1927) 25. Pterella grisea (Meigen, 1824) 26. Pterella melanura (Meigen, 1824) 27. Pterella penicillaris (Rondani, 1865) 28. Ravinia pernix (Harris, 1780) 29. Sarcophaga aegyptica Salem, 1935 30. Sarcophaga africa Wiedemann, 1824 31. Sarcophaga albiceps Meigen, 1826 32. Sarcophaga ancilla Rondani, 1865 33. Sarcophaga aratrix Pandellé, 1896 34. Sarcophaga argyrostoma (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 35. Sarcophaga armenica (Rohdendorf, 1937) 36. Sarcophaga bulgarica (Enderlein, 1936) 37. Sarcophaga caerulescens Zetterstedt, 18938 38. Sarcophaga carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 39. Sarcophaga crassipalpis Macquart, 1839 40. Sarcophaga cucullans Pandellé, 1896 41. Sarcophaga dreyfusi (Lehrer, 1994) 42. Sarcophaga haemorrhoides (Böttcher, 1913) 43. Sarcophaga incisilobata Pandellé, 1896 44. Sarcophaga jacobsoni (Rohdendorf, 1937) 45. Sarcophaga lehmanni Muller, 1922 46. Sarcophaga lunigera (Böttcher, 1914) 47. Sarcophaga lypai (Verves, 1977) 48. Sarcophaga maculata Meigen, 1835 264 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 49. Sarcophaga mehadiensis Böttcher, 1912 50. Sarcophaga melanura Meigen, 1826 51. Sarcophaga mutila Villeneuve, 1912 52. Sarcophaga nigriventris Meigen, 1826 53. Sarcophaga olsoufjevi (Rohdendorf, 1937) 54. Sarcophaga pachyura (Rohdendorf, 1937) 55. Sarcophaga paramonovi (Rohdendorf, 1937) 56. Sarcophaga pontica (Rohdendorf, 1937) 57. Sarcophaga portschinskyi (Rohdendorf, 1937) 58. Sarcophaga protuberans Pandellé, 1896 59. Sarcophaga recta (Rohdendorf, 1937) 60. Sarcophaga setinervis Rondani, 1860 61. Sarcophaga sexpunctata (Fabricius, 1805) 62. Sarcophaga turana (Rohdendorf, 1937) 63. Sarcophaga uliginosa Kramer, 1908 64. Sarcophila meridionalis Verves, 1982 65. Senotainia albifrons (Rondani, 1859) 66. Senotainia armenica Rohdendorf, 1935 67. Senotainia conica (Fallén, 1810) 68. Senotainia tricuspis (Meigen, 1824) 69. Sphecapatoclea armenica (Rohdendorf, 1975) 70. Sphecapatodes kaszabi Rohdendorf & Verves, 1980 71. Sphenometopa bifasciata (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891) 72. Sphenometopa claripennis (Villeneuve, 1933) 73. Sphenometopa fastuosa (Meigen, 1824) 74. Sphenometopa mannii (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891) 75. Taxigramma armeniaca (Verves, 1980) 76. Taxigramma elegantula (Zetterstedt, 1844) 77. Taxigramma heteroneura (Meigen, 1830) 78. Taxigramma multipunctata (Rondani, 1859) 79. Taxigramma stictica (Meigen, 1830) 80. Wohlfahrtia balassogloi (Portschinsky, 1881) 81. Wohlfahrtia bella (Macquart, 1839) 82. Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Schiner, 1862) 83. Wohlfahrtia nuba (Wiedemann, 1830) Scathophagidae There are only two published records for this family, by Ozerov and Krivosheina (2020). The new records from Armenia are based on collections made by ACP in all parts of Armenia and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (UK). 1. Cordilura albilabris (Fabricius, 1805) 2. Cordilura albipes Fallén, 1819 3. *Cordilura pubera (Linnaeus, 1758) 4. *Norellisoma lesgiae (Becker, 1894) 5. *Norellisoma spinimanum (Fallén, 1819) 6. *Scathophaga inquinata Meigen, 1826 265 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 7. *Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) 8. *Spaziphora hydromyzina (Fallén, 1819) Sciomyzidae The historical records for the family are from volume 9 of the Catalogue of Palearctic Diptera (Soós and Papp 1984). The new records from Armenia are based on collections made by ACP in all parts of Armenia and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (UK). 1. Antichaeta analis (Meigen, 1830) 2. Coremacera catenata (Loew, 1847) 3. Coremacera marginata ssp. pontica (Elberg, 1968) 4. *Dichaetophora obliterata (Fabricius, 1805) 5. *Hydromya dorsalis (Fabricius, 1775) 6. Knutsonia albiseta (Scopoli, 1763) 7. Knutsonia turcestanica (Hendel, 1903) 8. Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763) 9. *Pherbellia argyra Verbeke, 1967 10. Pherbellia cinerella (Fallén, 1820) 11. Sepedon sphegea (Fabricius, 1775) 12. Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli, 1763) 13. *Tetanocera arrogans Meigen, 1830 14. *Tetanocera elata (Fabricius, 1781) 15. Tetanocera montana Day, 1881 16. Trypetoptera punctulata (Scopoli, 1763) Sepsidae The Sepsidae of Armenia have been enumerated in two faunistic papers by Pont (2013b, 2017a). 1. Nemopoda nitidula (Fallén, 1820) 2. Saltella nigripes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 3. Saltella sphondylii (Schrank, 1803) 4. Sepsis barbata Becker, 1907 5. Sepsis biflexuosa Strobl, 1893 6. Sepsis cynipsea (Linnaeus, 1758) 7. Sepsis flavimana Meigen, 1826 8. Sepsis fulgens Meigen, 1826 9. Sepsis luteipes Melander & Spuler, 1917 10. Sepsis neocynipsea Melander & Spuler, 1917 11. Sepsis orthocnemis Frey, 1908 12. Sepsis punctum (Fabricius, 1794) 13. Sepsis thoracica (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) 14. Sepsis violacea Meigen, 1826 15. Susanomira caucasica Pont, 1987 16. Themira annulipes (Meigen, 1826) 272 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 66. Geocrypta braueri (Handlirsch, 1884) 67. Geocrypta heterophylli (Rübsaamen, 1914) 68. Halodiplosis araratica Mirumian, 1991 69. Hartigiola annulipes (Hartig, 1839) 70. Iteomyia capreae (Winnertz, 1853) 71. Jaapiella bryoniae (Bouché, 1847) 72. Jaapiella cirsiicola Rübsaamen, 1915 73. Jaapiella loticola (Rübsaamen, 1889) 74. Jaapiella medicaginis (Rübsaamen, 1912) 75. Jaapiella parvula (Liebel, 1889) 76. Jaapiella rubiae Fedotova, 1987 77. Jaapiella thalictri (Rübsaamen, 1895) 78. Jaapiella volvens Rübsaamen, 1917 79. Janetiella convolvuli Mirumian &Skuhravá, 2017 80. Janetiella thymi (Kieffer, 1888) 81. Kochiomyia kochiae (Kieffer, 1909) 82. Macrodiplosis pustularis (Bremi, 1847) 83. Macrodiplosis roboris (Hardy, 1854) 84. Macrolabis heraclei (Kaltenbach, 1862) 85. Mayetiola destructor (Say, 1817) 86. Mikiola fagi (Hartig, 1839) 87. Mikiola orientalis Kieffer, 1909 88. Neolasioptera odontonemae Möhn, 1964 89. Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman, 1847) 90. Ozirhincus millefolii (Wachtl, 1884) 91. Phegomyia fagicola (Kieffer, 1901) 92. Polygonomyia atraphaxiflorae (Fedotova, 1984) 93. Primofavilla initialis Mamaev, 1972 94. Psectrosema barbatum (Marikovskiy, 1961) 95. Psectrosema dentipes (Marikovskiy, 1961) 96. Pseudokochiomyia camphorosmae (Fedotova, 1984) 97. Pseudokochiomyia mesasiatica (Fedotova, 1982) 98. Pseudokochiomyia panderiae Fedotova, 1992 99. Pseudokochiomyia vicina (Marikovskiy, 1961) 100. Rabdophaga gemmicolata Gagné, 2004 101. Rabdophaga heterobia (Loew, 1850) 102. Rabdophaga iteobia (Kieffer, 1890) 103. Rabdophaga marginemtorquens (Bremi, 1847) 104. Rabdophaga rosaria (Loew, 1850) 105. Rabdophaga saliciperda (Dufour, 1841) 106. Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803) 107. Rabdophaga terminalis (Loew, 1850) 108. Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank, 1803) 109. Rhopalomyia artemisiae (Bouché, 1834) 110. Rhopalomyia baccarum (Wachtl, 1883) 111. Rhopalomyia campestris (Rübsaamen, 1915) 112. Rhopalomyia heteropalpis (Marikovskiy in Marikovskiy & Moiseeva, 1964) 113. Rhopalomyia hispanica Tavares, 1904 114. Rhopalomyia millefolii (Loew, 1850) 273 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 115. Rhopalomyia navasi (Tavares, 1904) 116. Rhopalomyia syngenesiae (Loew, 1850) 117. Rhopalomyia tubifex (Bouché, 1847) 118. Sophoromyia armenica Mamaev & Mirumian, 1989 119. Spurgia euphorbiae (Vallot, 1827) 120. Stefaniella hilversidae Mamaev, 1972 121. Stefaniola excelsa Möhn, 1971 122. Tavolgomyia karelini (Fedotova, 1982) 123. Wachtliella persicariae (Linnaeus, 1767) 124. Wachtliella stachydis (Bremi, 1847) 125. Zeuxidiplosis giardi (Kieffer, 1896) 126. Zygiobia carpini (Löw, 1874). Ceratopogonidae The earliest records of these biting midges in Armenia are from volume 3 of the Catalogue of Palearctic Diptera (Soós and Papp 1988). The most recent papers to include a few records from Armenia are by Borkent and Dominiak (2020), El-Hawagry et al. (2020) and Przhiboro (2007). 1. Atrichopogon albiscapula Kieffer, 1918 2. Atrichopogon appendiculatus (Goetghebuer, 1920) 3. Atrichopogon fulvipes Remm, 1972 4. Atrichopogon gillipaludosus Remm, 1993 5. Atrichopogon majusculus Remm, 1961 6. Atrichopogon meloesugans Kieffer, 1922 7. Bezzia albicornis (Meigen, 1818) 8. Bezzia nigrita Clastrier, 1962 9. Bezzia sevanica Remm, 1974 10. Bezzia tshernovskii Remm, 1993 11. Bezzia xanthocephala Goetghebuer, 1911 12. Brachypogon sevanicus (Remm, 1974) 13. Brachypogon vitiosus (Winnertz, 1852) 14. Ceratopogon caucasicus Remm, 1967 15. Ceratopogon crassinervis (Goetghebuer, 1920) 16. Ceratopogon niveipennis Meigen, 1804 17. Culicoides abchazicus Dzhafarov, 1964 18. Culicoides azerbajdzhanicus Dzhafarov, 1962 19. Culicoides bulbostylus Khalaf, 1961 20. Culicoides delta Edwards, 1939 21. Culicoides firuzae Dzhafarov, 1958 22. Culicoides longicollis Glukhova, 1971 23. Culicoides musajevi Dzhafarov, 1961 24. Culicoides saevanicus Dzhafarov, 1960 25. Culicoides salinarius Kieffer, 1914 26. Culicoides segnis Campbell & Pelham-Clinton, 1960 27. Culicoides sejfadinei Dzhafarov, 1958 28. Culicoides tauricus Gutsevich, 1959 29. Culicoides tugaicus Dzhafarov, 1960 274 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 30. Culicoides zhogolevi Remm & Zhogolev, 1968 31. Dasyhelea bifida Zilahi-Sebess, 1936 32. Dasyhelea calycata Remm, 1972 33. Dasyhelea obscura (Winnertz, 1852) 34. Dasyhelea serristernum Remm, 1967 35. Forcipomyia biskraensis Kieffer, 1923 36. Forcipomyia chrysolopha Kieffer, 1911 37. Forcipomyia crassipes (Winnertz, 1852) 38. Forcipomyia pulchrithorax Edwards, 1924 39. Forcipomyia sahariensis Kieffer, 1923 40. Leptoconops bezzii (Noè, 1905) 41. Leptoconops borealis Gutsevich, 1945 42. Leptoconops laurae (Weiss, 1912) 43. Leptoconops nigripes Dzhafarov, 1961 44. Monohelea spathulata Remm, 1993 45. Palpomyia aterrima Goetghebuer, 1921 46. Palpomyia flavipes (Meigen, 1804) 47. Palpomyia nigritarsalis Remm, 1976 48. Schizohelea leucopeza (Meigen, 1804) 49. Serromyia subinermis Kieffer, 1919 Chironomidae Records for this family are from the World Catalogue of Chironomidae parts 1 and 2 by Ashe and O’Connor (2009, 2012), with an additional record in Pont (2013a). 1. Ablabesmyia phatta (Egger, 1863) 2. Boreoheptagyia legeri (Goetghebuer, 1933) 3. Orthocladius abiskoensis Thienemann & Kruger, 1937 4. Paratendipes nudisquama (Edwards, 1929) 5. Prodiamesa olivacea (Meigen, 1818) 6. Psectrocladius barbimanus (Edwards, 1929) 7. Tvetenia duscoloripes (Goetghebuer, 1936) Culicidae This list of mosquito records is from the recent work of Shcherbakov et al. (2023). 1. Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) 2. Aedes annulipes (Meigen, 1830) 3. Aedes caspius (Pallas, 1771) 4. Aedes cataphylla Dyar, 1916 5. Aedes cinereus Wiedemann, 1818 6. Aedes dorsalis (Meigen, 1830) 7. Aedes flavescens (Müller, 1764) 8. Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) 9. Aedes punctor (Kirby, 1837) 10. Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830) 11. Anopheles claviger (Meigen, 1804) 12. Anopheles hyrcanus (Pallas, 1771) 275 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 13. Anopheles maculipennis Meigen, 1818 14. Anopheles plumbeus Stephens, 1828 15. Anopheles sacharovi Favre, 1903 16. Anopheles superpictus Grassi, 1899 17. Coquillettidia richiardii (Ficalbi, 1889) 18. Culex hortensis Ficalbi, 1889 19. Culex martinii Medschid, 1930 20. Culex mimeticus Noè, 1899 21. Culex modestus Ficalbi, 1889 22. Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 23. Culex territans Walker, 1856 24. Culex theileri Edwards, 1912 25. Culex torrentium Martini, 1925 26. Culiseta alaskaensis (Ludlow, 1906) 27. Culiseta annulata (Schrank, 1776) 28. Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart, 1838) 29. Culiseta morsitans (Theobald, 1901) 30. Culiseta subochrea (Edwards, 1921) 31. Uranotaenia unguiculata Edwards, 1913 Dixidae The family is listed from Oboňa et al. (2017). 1. Dixa puberula Loew, 1849 2. Dixa submaculata Edwards, 1920 3. Dixella obscura (Loew, 1849) Keroplatidae Armenian records for these three species have been found in three different papers (Joost and Plassmann 1985; Zaitzev 1994; Evenhuis 2006). 1. Macrocera angulata Meigen, 1818 2. Macrocera crassicornis Winnertz, 1864 3. Macrocera lutea Meigen, 1804 Limoniidae The family is one of the well-studied families in Armenia (Oboňa et al. 2016; Hakobyan and Jenderedjian 2023). 1. Achyrolimonia decemmaculata (Loew, 1873) 2. Afrolimnophila minima (Savchenko, 1971) 3. Antocha vitripennis (Meigen, 1830) 4. Dicranomyia caledonica Edwards, 1926 5. Dicranomyia circassica Lackschewitz, 1941 6. Dicranomyia didyma (Meigen, 1804) 7. Dicranomyia longipennis (Schummel, 1829) 276 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 8. Dicranomyia lucida Meijere, 1918 9. Dicranomyia melanantha Savchenko, 1984 10. Dicranomyia modesta (Meigen, 1818) 11. Dicranomyia pallidinota Starý, 2009 12. Dicranomyia pontica Lackschewitz, 1941 13. Dicranomyia transsilvanica Lackschewitz, 1928 14. Dicranoptycha livescens Loew, 1870 15. Ellipteroides omissus (Lackschewitz, 1940) 16. Erioconopa symplectoides (Kuntze, 1914) 17. Erioconopa trivialis (Meigen, 1818) 18. Erioptera bivittata (Loew, 1873) 19. Erioptera fusculenta Edwards, 1938 20. Erioptera lutea Meigen, 1804 21. Gonomyia basilobata Alexander, 1975 22. Gonomyia papposa Savchenko, 1983 23. Hexatoma gaedii (Meigen, 1830) 24. Hexatoma haiasana (Savchenko, 1972) 25. Hoplolabis amseliana (Nielsen, 1961) 26. Hoplolabis iranica (Alexander, 1973) 27. Hoplolabis yezoana (Alexander, 1924) 28. Idiocera laterospina (Alexander, 1975) 29. Ilisia maculata (Meigen, 1804) 30. Limnophila pictipennis (Meigen, 1818) 31. Limonia flavipes (Fabricius, 1787) 32. Limonia fusca Meigen, 1804 33. Limonia hercegovinae (Strobl, 1898) 34. Limonia macrostigma (Schummel, 1829) 35. Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804 36. Limonia stigma (Meigen, 1818) 37. Limonia subaequalis Savchenko, 1979 38. Metalimnobia quadrinotata (Meigen, 1818) 39. Molophilus decoloratus Savchenko, 1978 40. Molophilus hebetatus Savchenko, 1976 41. Molophilus obscurus (Meigen, 1818) 42. Molophilus ochraceus (Meigen, 1818) 43. Molophilus pleuralis Meijere, 1920 44. Molophilus politonigrus Savchenko, 1983 45. Molophilus propinquus (Egger, 1864) 46. Molophilus urodontus Savchenko, 1978 47. Neolimnomyia rufulum Savchenko, 1979 48. Ormosia cuspidata Savchenko, 1973 49. Ormosia fascipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) 50. Ormosia hederae (Curtis, 1835) 51. Ormosia longispina Savchenko, 1983 52. Paradelphomyia brevifurca Savchenko, 1976 53. Paradelphomyia fuscula (Loew, 1873) 54. Paradelphomyia senilis (Haliday, 1833) 55. Phylidorea ferruginea (Meigen, 1818) 56. Phyllolabis ghilarovi Savchenko, 1983 277 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 57. Pseudolimnophila melanura Savchenko, 1984 58. Pseudolimnophila sepium (Verrall, 1886) 59. Rhabdomastix eugeni Stary, 2004 60. Rhabdomastix filata Starý, 2004 61. Rhipidia maculata Meigen, 1818 62. Symplecta hybrida (Meigen, 1804) Mycetophilidae Records of Armenian fungus gnats are are aslo very few (Joost and Plassmann 1985; Zaitzev 1994). 1. Allodia retracta Plassmann, 1976 2. Exechiopsis pseudindecisa (Laštovka & Matile, 1974) 3. Leptomorphus quadrimaculatus (Matsumura, 1916) 4. Phronia biarcuata (Becker, 1908) 5. Sciophila limbatella Zetterstedt, 1852 Pediciidae Species of this family have been studied recently in Armenia (Oboňa et al. 2016; Hakobyan and Jenderedjian 2023; Oosterbroek 2025). 1. Dicranota crassicauda Tjeder, 1972 2. Dicranota iranensis (Alexander, 1975) 3. Dicranota landrocki Czižek, 1931 4. Dicranota subtilis Loew, 1870 5. Pedicia occulta (Meigen, 1830) Psychodidae Records of this important family of biting sand flies are from two papers (Perfil’ev 1937; Ježek et al. 2018). 1. Clogmia albipunctata (Williston, 1893) 2. Joostiella caucasica Vaillant, 1983 3. Logima albipennis (Zetterstedt, 1850) 4. Parajungiella abchazica Ježek, 1985 5. Paramormia fratercula (Eaton, 1893) 6. Paramormia polyascoidea ((Krek, 1971) 7. Paramormia ustulata (Haliday, 1856) 8. Pericoma blandula Eaton, 1893 9. Pericoma bosniaca Krek, 1966 10. Pericoma exquisita Eaton, 1893 11. Pericoma platystyla Wagner, 1986 12. Peripsychoda auriculata (Haliday, 1839) 13. Phlebotomus alexandri Sinton, 1928 14. Phlebotomus chinensis Newstead, 1916 [Not in the Jezek list] 15. Phlebotomus cucasicus Martsinovsky, 1917 [Correct spelling according to Jezek] 278 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 16. Phlebotomus halepensis Theodor, 1958 17. Phlebotomus kandelakii Shurenkova, 1929 18. Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli, 1786) 19. Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot, 1917 20. Phlebotomus simici Nitzulescu, 1931 21. Phlebotomus similis Perfil’ev, 1963 (sensu Artemiev & Neronov, 1984) 22. Phlebotomus syriacus Adler & Theodor, 1931 23. Phlebotomus tobbi Adler, Theodor & Lourie, 1930 24. Pneumia canescens (Meigen, 1804) 25. Pneumia joosti (Wagner, 1981) 26. Pneumia nubila (Meigen, 1818) 27. Pneumia pilularia (Tonnoir, 1940) 28. Psychoda uniformata Haseman, 1907 29. Psychodocha cinerea (Banks, 1894) 30. Saraiella ressli ssp. ressli Wagner, 1981 31. Sergentomyia minuta (Rondani, 1843) 32. Sergentomyia palestinensis (Adler & Theodor, 1927) 33. Sergentomyia pawlowskyi (Perfiliev, 1933) 34. Thornburghiella veve Oboňa &Ježek, 2017 35. Tinearia alternata (Say, 1824) 36. Ulomyia cognata (Eaton, 1893) 37. Yomormia petrovi Ježek,1985 Ptychopteridae The records for this family are from Oboňa et al. (2017). 1. Ptychoptera alina Krzemiñski & Zwick, 1993 2. Ptychoptera contaminata (Linnaeus, 1758) Scatopsidae The records for this family are from Oboňa et al. (2017). 1. Efcookella albitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1850) 2. Reichertella nigra (Meigen, 1804) 3. Swammerdamella brevicornis (Meigen, 1830) Simuliidae Many species of biting black flies are of importance in the medical and veterinary fields, and they are also used in the evaluation of the water quality of Armenian rivers. The Armenian fauna has been investigated by Terterian (1968) and in several other works (Soós and Papp 1984; Adler and Werner (2010), summarised in the inventory of world species by Adler (2025). 1. Greniera nairica Terteryan, 1972 2. Metacnephia hajotsdzorensis (Terteryan, 1962) 279 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 3. Metacnephia hirta (Rubtsov & Terteryan, 1954) 4. Metacnephia persica (Rubtsov, 1940) 5. Metacnephia subalpina (Rubtsov, 1956) 6. Metacnephia terterjani (Rubtsov, 1955) 7. Prosimulium tomosvaryi (Enderlein, 1921) 8. Prosimulium frontatum Terteryan, 1956 9. Prosimulium petrosum Rubtsov, 1955 10. Prosimulium rachiliense Dzhafarov, 1954 11. Simulium akopi (Chubareva & Kachvoryan, 2000) 12. Simulium alajense Rubtsov, 1938 13. Simulium alizadei Dzhafarov, 1954 14. Simulium angustipes Edwards, 1915 15. Simulium armeniacum (Rubtsov, 1955) 16. Simulium arpiense (Terteryan & Kachvoryan, 1982) 17. Simulium aureofulgens Terteryan, 1949 18. Simulium australe (Rubtsov, 1955) 19. Simulium azerbaidzhanicum (Dzhafarov, 1953) 20. Simulium bergi Rubtsov, 1956 21. Simulium bezzii Corti, 1914 22. Simulium brachyantherum Rubtsov, 1947 23. Simulium bukovskii Rubtsov, 1940 24. Simulium chubarevae Kachvoryan & Terteryan, 1981 25. Simulium cryophilum (Rubtsov, 1959) 26. Simulium debacli Terteryan, 1952 27. Simulium delizhanense (Rubtsov, 1955) 28. Simulium djafarovi (Rubtsov, 1962) 29. Simulium equinum (Linnaeus, 1758) 30. Simulium erythrocephalum (De Geer, 1776) 31. Simulium flaveolum Rubtsov, 1940 32. Simulium fontanum Terteryan, 1952 33. Simulium fontium (Rubtsov, 1955) 34. Simulium garniense (Rubtsov, 1955) 35. Simulium gviletense (Rubtsov, 1956) 36. Simulium hiemale (Rubtsov, 1956) 37. Simulium kiritshenkoi (Rubtsov, 1940) 38. Simulium kurense Rubtsov & Dzhafarov, 1951 39. Simulium litshkense (Rubtsov, 1956) 40. Simulium margaritae (Rubtsov, 1956) 41. Simulium maritimum (Rubtsov, 1956) 42. Simulium murvanidzei (Rubtsov, 1955) 43. Simulium nigrofusipes Rubtsov, 1947 44. Simulium noelleri Friederichs, 1920 45. Simulium ocreastylum (Rubtsov, 1956) 46. Simulium paraequinum Puri, 1933 47. Simulium paucicuspis (Rubtsov, 1947) 48. Simulium petricolum (Rivosecchi, 1963) 49. Simulium popowae Rubtsov, 1940 50. Simulium pseudequinum Séguy, 1921 280 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia 51. Simulium reginae Terteryan, 1949 52. Simulium schamili (Rubtsov, 1964) 53. Simulium stenophallum Terteryan, 1952 54. Simulium tarnogradskii Rubtsov, 1940 55. Simulium turgaicum Rubtsov, 1940 56. Simulium variegatum Meigen, 1818 57. Simulium vernum Macquart, 1826 58. Simulium vitile (Rubtsov, 1955) 59. Simulium zakhariense (Rubtsov, 1955) 60. Sulcicnephia znoikoi (Rubtsov, 1940) Tipulidae Records for this family are from Hakobyan and Jenderedjian (2023) and Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Oosterbroek 2025). 1. Nephrotoma analis (Schummel, 1833) 2. Nephrotoma cornicina ssp. cornicina (Linnaeus, 1758) 3. Nephrotoma croceiventris (Strobl, 1909) ssp. lindneri (Mannheims, 1951) 4. Nephrotoma nox (Riedel, 1910) 5. Nephrotoma pratensis ssp. pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758) 6. Nephrotoma rossica (Riedel, 1910) 7. Nephrotoma scalaris (Meigen, 1818) 8. Prionocera subserricornis (Zetterstedt, 1851) 9. Tipula aurita Riedel, 1920 10. Tipula flavolineata Meigen, 1804 11. Tipula fulvipennis De Geer, 1776 12. Tipula irrequieta Alexander, 1936 13. Tipula lateralis Meigen, 1804 14. Tipula lunata Linnaeus, 1758 15. Tipula luteobasalis Savchenko, 1964 16. Tipula macropyga Savchenko, 1952 17. Tipula obscuriventris Strobl, 1900 18. Tipula orientalis Lackschewitz, 1930 19. Tipula osmana Mannheims, 1963 20. Tipula peliostigma Schummel, 1833 21. Tipula pullata Savchenko, 1960 22. Tipula saginata Bergroth, 1891 23. Tipula semivittata Savchenko, 1960 24. Tipula serrulifera Alexander, 1942 25. Tipula stigmatella Schummel, 1833 26. Tipula subcunctans Alexander, 1921 27. Tipula transcaucasica Savchenko, 1961 28. Tipula unca Wiedemann, 1817 29. Tipula variicornis Schummel, 1833 30. Tipula verrucosa Pierre, 1920 31. Tipula zaitzevi Savchenko, 1952 281 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Discussion The Checklist given above is a preliminary one which will provide future researchers with a base-line from which to analyze and add to the Diptera diversity of Armenia and the region. The Caucasus range as a whole remains poorly studied for Diptera. Only a few families of economic or ecological importance such as the Syrphidae, Muscidae and Drosophilidae have received adequate attention from entomologists (Mengual et al. 2020; Murvanidze et al. 2022; Pont and Parchami-Araghi 2024). There are several other families which may also occur in Armenia but as we have not found any published records they are not included in this Checklist. One of the most important families which is not included here is the Syrphidae which is estimated to have 300 species in Armenia (Grigoryan et al., unpublished data). Of the species listed above in the Checklist, only two are listed in the Red Book of Armenia, both from the family Asilidae: Machimus erevanensis Richter, 1963, and Satanas gigas Eversmann, 1855 (Red Book 2010). Several families’ containing pest species such as the Agromyzidae, Chloropidae, Drosophilidae, Ephydridae, Opomyzidae, Piopilidae, Tephritidae may also be considerably more speciose in Armenia as the records given here are from relatively old sources (Avetyan and Mirzoyan 1976; Mirzoyan 1977). Based on the Checklist, the most diverse family in Armenia is the Bombyliidae with 253 recorded species, followed by the Muscidae with 208 records. Families represented by single species were more common: Anthomyzidae, Curtonotidae, Lauxaniidae, Micropezidae, Phaeomyiidae, Piophilidae, Rhinophoridae, Blephariceridae. Of the families of Diptera listed in the "Systema Dipterorum" (Evenhuis and Pape 2025), only 53 have been found in Armenia. However, it is very likely that further families will be found. We noted that in many families (Agromyzidae, Asilidae, Bombyliidae, Chironomidae, Culicidae, Drosophilidae, Ephydridae, Lauxaniidae, Micropezidae, Muscidae, Otitidae, Psilidae, Pyrgotidae, Sarcophagidae, Sciomyzidae, Simuliidae, Syrphidae, Tabanidae, Tachinidae, Ulidiidae) published references gave the species distribution area as “Transcaucasus” or “Caucasus”, which we have considered to be too general and have not included in the Checklist. It has been estimated that the Armenian Diptera fauna should contain approximately 2000 species (CBD 2014), and we confidently expect that future research will lead to the discovery of additional families and species of Armenian Diptera. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Dr Mark Kalashian (Yerevan, Armenia), Dr Igor Shamshev (St Petersburg, Russia), Dr Gerhard Bächli (Zurich, Switzerland) and Dr Jens-Hermann Stuke (Leer, Germany) for their support of the manuscript with the provision of published records. Professor Rudolf Rozkošný (Brno, Czech Republic), Dr Andrey Ozerov (Moscow, Russia) and the late Michael Ackland (Oxford, United Kingdom) are thanked for the identification of the new records of Sciomyzidae, Scathophagidae and Anthomyiidae, respectively. ACP also 288 ZooKeys 1262: 241–288 (2025), DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630 Meri Arzumanyan et al.: A preliminary checklist of the Diptera of Armenia Supplementary material 2 New records of Diptera with distribution and some collection data Authors: Meri Arzumanyan, Natela Tarzyan, Björn Rulik, Adrian Pont Data type: xlsx Explanation note: List contains 106 Diptera species new records for Armenia, with their distribution and collection data. Copyright notice: This dataset is made available under the Open Database License (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the original source and author(s) are credited. Link: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.168630.suppl2