First record of the dragonfly biting midge Forcipomyia paludis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Ukraine.

Based on unnoticed photograph of immature adult male Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Odonata: Libellulidae) with three females of the dragonfly biting midge Forcipomyia (Pterobosca) paludis (Macfie, 1936) parasitizing on it in the National Nature Park “Northern Podillya”, Lviv Region, western Ukraine, the latter species is recorded from Ukraine for the first time  The photo was uploaded in the open natural history online database of the Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network (UkrBIN) and was later discovered there. This record extends the known range of F. paludis to Eastern Europe.