The first record of Neoalticomerus formosus Loew (Diptera: Odiniidae) from Ukraine

The odiniid fly Neoalticomerus formosus Loew, 1844, previously known to occur in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy (Carles-Tolra, 2004), in the Leningrad Region of European Russia, Tyva Republic of Siberia, and Prymorsky Territory Far East Russia (Krivosheina, 1981; 1984), and Mongolia (Gaimari & Mathis, 2011) was collected in the West of Kyiv Region of Ukraine: Makariv District, 2.3 km SE of Bila Krynytsya village (50°37'32.45" N 29°29'46.40" E) on a bleeding oak together with numerous  beetles and flies, 2 ♂, 15.06.2013 (Prokhorov leg) (SIZK). This is the first record of the genus Neoalticomerus Hendel, 1903 from Ukraine. By far, only Odinia boletina (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Korneyev, 1997) and O. czernyi Collin, 1952 (Korneyev, 2003) have been recorded from the city of Kiev.