New Faunistic Record of Horse Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Turkey
Keywords:
Tabanidae, Tabanus terterjani, New Record, Diptera, TurkeyAbstract
Horseflies are known worldwide as important mechanical vectors of virus, bacteria, protozoans and helminthes, which cause diseases in many wild and domestic animals, even human. Tabanidae is representing with 165 species and 13 subspecies in Turkey. In this study, 134 ♀ and 17♂ Tabanus terterjani (Andreva & Zeynalova, 2002) which is a new record for the Turkish fauna, were collected from different location in Turkey. The morphological characteristics are described. The taxonomical features of the species are compared with holotype specimens.
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12.07.2010
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Altunsoy, F., & Kılıç, Y. A. (2010). New Faunistic Record of Horse Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Turkey. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 12(2), 109–111. Retrieved from https://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/215
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Journal of the Entomological Research Society