[First description of the Prosimulium candicans Rubzov, 1956 males (Diptera: Simuliidae)].

First description of the previously unknown Prosimulium candicans males is given. Belonging of this species to the genus Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 rather than to the genus Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925 is confirmed.

[A new blackfly species Montisimulium birzhankolum Yankovsky, Isakaev et Khasanova, sp. n. (Diptera: Simuliidae) from northeastern Kazakhstan].

A new species of blackflies, Montisimulium birzhankolum Yankovsky, Isakaev et Khasanova, sp. n., is described from male, female, and pupa specimens collected in Pavlodar Province of Northeastern Kazakhstan.

[On the fauna of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran].

Collections of blacfklies from Iran have been examined; four species were recorded. Three new species are described--Tetisimulium iranicum sp. n.

[Additions to the fauna of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Altai Republic].

Fauna of blackflies from the Altai Republic was investigated, four species were recorded. One new species, Sulcicnephia stekolnikovi sp. n.

[Morphology of the blackfly species group macropyga of the genus Prosimulium roubaud, 1906, and re-establishment of the generic name Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925 for this group (Diptera: Simuliidae)].

The genus Taeniopterna with the types species Melusina macropyga Lundstrom, 1911 was proposed by Enderlein in 1925. Later this taxon was considered as the species group macropyga in the genus Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906 by many authors (Rubzov, 1956; Crosskey et Howard, 1997; Adler et al., 2004, and others).