The first annotated checklist of Mecoptera of Ukraine is presented. Altogether, 11 species of scorpionflies are known with a confirmed or probable occurrence in Ukraine. This list is based on previously published data, as well as on recently collected materials and specimens housed in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History NAS Ukraine, Lviv. This collection belongs to the oldest one in Ukraine and comprises specimens collected by Jzef Dzidzielewicz, the founder of mecopteran investigations in Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For each listed species, its distribution in Ukraine is given together with notes on the history of investigations, and synonymies of the respective taxa. Detailed information on the distribution of selected species from the Red Book of Ukraine is presented.

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Entomology Braniovsk 31 CZ 37005 esk Budjovice Czech Republic; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology University of d Banacha 12 16 PL 90237 d Poland; State Museum of Natural History National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Teatralna 18 UA 79008 Lviv Ukraine

Department of Ecology Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences University of Preov 17 novembra 1 SK 08116 Preov Slovakia

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences Sawkowska str 17 PL 31016 Krakw Poland

Ti Sekery 21 CZ 35301 Marinsk Lzn Czech Republic

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