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

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TURGUT F., KILIÇ A. Y.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol.39, no.6, pp.1071-1089, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-1410-33
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1071-1089
  • Keywords: Diptera, Ceratopogonidae, biting midges, faunistic, new records, Turkey, Black Sea Region, CULICOIDES SPECIES DIPTERA, BREEDING SITES, BITING MIDGES, DISEASE
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

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.