Five New Records for Turkish Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) Fauna


ÇALIŞKAN H., ŞİRİN D. Ü., ASLAN A., FİDAN E. C., Sahin Y.

JOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, vol.22, pp.239-254, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.239-254
  • Keywords: Asilidae, robber flies, new records, Turkish Thrace,Turkey, MEIGEN, TURKEY
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We here record five robber fly (Asilidae) species [Lasiopogon cinctus (Fabricius, 1781), Stenopogon mediterraneus Lehr, 1963, Saropogon longicornis (Macquart, 1838), Machimus arthriticus (Zeller, 1840), Machimus gonatistes (Zeller, 1840)] belonging to three subfamilies and four genera for the first time in Turkey. While all species are reported from Turkish Thrace, one of is also from Anatolia. Distributional data and taxonomical remarks with photographs of male genitalia and habitus for each species are given.