Bellardia bayeri ( Jacentkovský, 1937 )

Rognes, Knut, 2019, The Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Armenia, Zootaxa 4576 (2), pp. 375-391 : 376

Bellardia bayeri ( Jacentkovský, 1937)

Most recent taxonomic treatment. Rognes (1991a).

Material. Aragatsotn: Lake Kari, N 40°28 E44° 11, 3190 m, 19.vii.2011, 2 ♂ [2714, 2715 (both dissected)]; 18.vii.2016, 2 ♂ [2716, 2717]. Shirak: Mantash stream, Nerkin Mantash, N 40°39 E44°03, 1950 m, 21.v.2012, 3 ♂ [2718 (dissected), 2719, 2721]. Tavush: Haghartsin [monastery] environs, N40°48 E44° 53, 1440–1560 m, 23.vii.2015, 1 ♂ [2721].

Previous Armenian records. Schumann (1986) listed Bellardia osetica Khitsova , a junior synonym of B. bayeri , from Armenia, but this is an error. The type locality of B. osetica Khitsova is “Severo-Osetinsky ASSR ” [now Respublika Severnaya Osetiya-Alanya = North Ossetia], which is in Russia , so there appears to be no earlier record of B. bayeri from Armenia.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic Region. Nearctic Region ( USA, Massachusetts).