[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. The new species differs from all other species of the genus Montisimulium by morphology of pupal gills.