The Ceratopogonidae (Insecta: Diptera) fauna of the Central Black SeaRegion in Turkey

Authors

FETHİ TURGUT
ALİ YAVUZ KILIÇ

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1410-33

Abstract

Within the context of this study, conducted in 2007 and 2008, 64 species of the genera Allohelea Kieffer, Alluaudomyia Kieffer, Atrichopogon Kieffer, Bezzia Kieffer, Brachypogon Kieffer, Culicoides Latreille, Dasyhelea Kieffer, Forcipomyia Meigen, Leptoconops Skuse, Palpomyia Meigen, and Stilobezzia Kieffer were reported in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey. Among them, three genera (Allohelea, Alluaudomyia, and Brachypogon) and 26 species are new to the country's fauna.

Keywords

Diptera, Ceratopogonidae, biting midges, faunistic, new records, Turkey, Black Sea Region

First Page

1071

Last Page

1089

Recommended Citation

TURGUT, FETHİ and KILIÇ, ALİ YAVUZ (2015) "The Ceratopogonidae (Insecta: Diptera) fauna of the Central Black SeaRegion in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 39: No. 6, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1410-33
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss6/11