Drosophila (Drosophila) phalerata Meigen, 1830

Gornostaev, N. G., Ruchin, A. B. & Esin, M. N., 2024, AN ANNOTATED LIST OF FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE) OF THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA, Far Eastern Entomologist 503, pp. 7-15 : 11

Drosophila (Drosophila) phalerata Meigen, 1830

MATERIAL. Russia: Mordovia State Nature Reserve, forest quarters 249, 299, 373, 375, 384, 398, 19–6.VII 2019 and 25.V–6.VI 2020, 3 ♂, 6 ♀ (AR), forest quarter 385, from mushrooms Boletus sp. , 12–18.IX 2023, 19 ♂, 28 ♀ (ME); Zubova Polyana District, 6 km E of Vysha, 15–28.V 2020, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (AR); Zubova Polyana District , 12 km N of Potma, 3–15.VII 2021, 3 ♀ (ME); Zubova Polyana District , Molochnitsa, 3–15.VIII 2021, 1 ♀ (ME) .

DISTRIBUTION. Widespread in Palaearctic region ( Bächli & Rocha Pité, 1984) and Russia ( Gornostaev, 1997; Sidorenko, 2001). This species was recorded from Mordovia State Nature Reserve ( Ruchin et al., 2021; Gornostaev et al., 2022, 2023).