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Zoology

Turkish Journal of Zoology

2011

Diptera

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Microphthalma Europaea Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae), A New Record For Turkey, Mehmet Karagöz, Sadi̇ Aksu, Celaletti̇n Gözüaçik, Kenan Kara Jan 2011

Microphthalma Europaea Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae), A New Record For Turkey, Mehmet Karagöz, Sadi̇ Aksu, Celaletti̇n Gözüaçik, Kenan Kara

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Microphthalma europaea Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae) is recorded as a parasitoid of the last instar larvae of Polyphylla fullo (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The adult male and female were used for identification, and this is the first known record of this species in Turkey. This is also a first report of a tachinid obtained from scarabaeid larvae in Turkey.


Medina Separata (Meigen 1824), A New Record For Turkish Tachinidae (Diptera), Sali̇ha Çoruh, Kenan Kara Jan 2011

Medina Separata (Meigen 1824), A New Record For Turkish Tachinidae (Diptera), Sali̇ha Çoruh, Kenan Kara

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Medina separata Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae) is recorded for the first time from Turkey.


Contributions To The Agromyzidae (Diptera) Fauna Of Turkey, Emi̇ne Çikman, Mitsuhiro Sasakawa Jan 2011

Contributions To The Agromyzidae (Diptera) Fauna Of Turkey, Emi̇ne Çikman, Mitsuhiro Sasakawa

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Three new species are described: Ophiomyia quadrispinosa sp. nov., Metopomyza lingulata sp. nov., and Pseudonapomyza multicostata sp. nov. Five species are recorded from Turkey for the first time: Melanagromyza provecta (de Meijere), Liriomyza lutea (Meigen), L. periorbita Hendel, Phytomyza veronicicola Hering, and P. wahlgreni Rydén. All species were collected from Elazığ and Malatya provinces in 2007 and 2008. The general distribution and a description of each species are presented.