Two Alien Species of Soldier Flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) on the Black Sea Coast of Russia

E. P. Nartshuk^a^, *, E. A. Khachikov^b^, **, and E. A. Poushkova^c^, ***

^aZoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia

^bSouthern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Rostov-on-Don, 344090 Russia

^cFederal Research Center Southern Sciences Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, 344006 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: chlorops@zin.ru
Correspondence to: **e-mail: e_hachikov@mail.ru
Correspondence to: ***e-mail: posvet0578@gmail.com

Received 11 February, 2020

Abstract—A review of two alien species of Stratiomyidae (Diptera) that invaded the Black Sea cost of Russia is given. The species Exaireta spinigera (Wiedemann, 1830) is recorded in Russia for the first time. The history of invasion of Exaireta spinigera and Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), their biology, prospects for further spread in the territory of Russia and inclusion in the native ecosystems, methods of use, and dangers that have arisen are discussed.

Keywords: Exaireta spinigera, Hermetia illucens, black solder fly, the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, Russia

DOI: 10.1134/S2075111721010112