Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species in theWestern Black Sea Region of Turkey, new records for the Turkish fauna

Authors

BİLAL DİK
ÖZGE KUÇLU
RAHİLE ÖZTÜRK

DOI

10.3906/vet-1606-41

Abstract

This study was carried out to detect biting midges of the Culicoides (Diptera: Nematocera: Ceratopogonidae) fauna in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey between June and August 2014. In this study, 34,047 Culicoides samples were captured and 35 Culicoides species were identified. C. obsoletus (Meigen), 1818 was found to be the most dominant species. It was followed by C. picturatus Kremer & Deduit, 1961; C. punctatus (Meigen), 1804; and C. pulicaris (Linnaeus). All of the Culicoides species detected in the study were reported for the first time in the Western Black Sea Region. C. alazanicus Dzhafarov, 1961 and C. deltus Edwards, 1939 (C. lupicaris) were recorded as new records for the first time in Turkey.

First Page

228

Last Page

237

Recommended Citation

DİK, BİLAL; KUÇLU, ÖZGE; and ÖZTÜRK, RAHİLE (2017) "Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species in theWestern Black Sea Region of Turkey, new records for the Turkish fauna," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 41: No. 2, Article 13. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1606-41
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol41/iss2/13