A review of shore-flies of the genus Lamproscatella (Diptera, Ephydridae) from Russia and adjacent territories

The collection material on flies of the genus Lamproscatella are revised. The data on the distribution of the species over the territory of Russia and neighboring countries are supplemented. Four species (L. aklavik, L. bimaculata, L. brunnipennis, and L. coenicola) are registered in Russia for the first time. Three new species are described: L. minuta sp. n. from Kazakhstan, L. montana sp. n. from mountain regions of Kirghizia and Armenia, and L. nigricans sp. n. The latter is widespread in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. The new species are close to L. sibilans but differ from it in details of the structure of epandrium, surstyli, and gonites.