Contributions to the genus Platystoma (Diptera: Platystomatidae) fauna of Turkey with seven new records

Authors

SEDA MESCİ
ABDULLAH HASBENLİ

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1411-44

Abstract

This study evaluated specimens belonging to the genus Platystoma collected from different provinces in Turkey between 1992 and 2007 and currently deposited at the Zoology Museum of Gazi University (ZMGU); 12 species and 2 subspecies belonging to this genus were identified. The species P. Dimidiatum (Hendel, 1913), P. Tegularium (Loew, 1859), P. Gemmationis (Rondani, 1869), P. Chrysotoxum (Hendel, 1913), P. Pubescens (Loew, 1845), P. Plantationis (Rondani, 1869), and P. Subtile bezzii (Hendel, 1913) have been recorded in Turkey for the first time. Wing pictures and distribution maps of the discovered species are given.

Keywords

Diptera, Platystomatidae, Platystoma, new records, Turkey

First Page

804

Last Page

810

Recommended Citation

MESCİ, SEDA and HASBENLİ, ABDULLAH (2015) "Contributions to the genus Platystoma (Diptera: Platystomatidae) fauna of Turkey with seven new records," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 39: No. 5, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1411-44
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol39/iss5/9