A. D. Reshetnikov, A. I. Barashkova
Yakut Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture – Division of Federal Research Centre “The Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Yakutsk, Russia
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Volume 25 No. 8
Date of paper submission: 02.04.2025, date of review: 25.05.2025, date of acceptance: 15.07.2025.
Published: 08/31/2025
Abstract. The purpose of the study is to assess the current state of the fauna and ecology of zoophilic flies in the livestock complex of Yakutia. Methods. In the cattle-breeding complex of Khorobut LLC in the Megino-Kangalasskiy district, a study of the species composition and number of flies was carried out from May to September 2022–2024. To count the number of flies in the summer house, glue traps were installed at a height of 1.5 m and at a distance of no more than 2 meters from each other for one day. The determination of the collected material was carried out in the conditions of the arachnoentomology laboratory. Climate data were recorded daily during the flight period of synanthropic and zoophilic flies. The scientific novelty of the work is that the collected materials for the first time determined the quantity and species diversity of flies in the Khorobut cattle complex in the summer season. Results. The species of flies was determined using an MBS-10 microscope and morphological tables. To analyze the quantitative ratio of taxa of zoophilic flies, we used the indices of abundance, dominance and occurrence according to V. N. Beklemishev. The hot Yakut summer provokes the mass spread of dangerous zoetropic and synanthropic flies. In the region, the negative impact is caused by flies of the families Muscidae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Gasterophilidae and Hypodermatidae. The fly fauna of Yakutia includes 108 species from 29 genera. In livestock farms, the dominant ones are Musca domestica (ID 50.30 %), Calliphora vicina (ID 24.72 %) and Stomoxys calcitrans (ID 16.37 %), and the subdominant ones are Sarcophaga carnaria (ID 8.61 %). The period of flight and attack of zoophilic flies is observed from May to mid-September.
Keywords: zoophilic flies, livestock farms, seasonal activity, breeding sites, daily dynamics, ecology, fauna, abundance
Acknowledgements. The study was carried out within the framework of FWRS 2024-0024 Priority direction of the Program of Basic Scientific Research in the Russian Federation for the long-term period (2021–2030).
For citation: Reshetnikov A. D., Barashkova A. I. Zoophilic flies of cattle farms in Yakutia. Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2025; 25 (08): 1258‒1266. https://doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2025-25-08-1258-1266 (In Russ.)
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