TY - JOUR AU - Altunsoy, Ferhat AU - Kılıç, Yavuz Ali PY - 2010/07/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - New Faunistic Record of Horse Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Turkey JF - Journal of the Entomological Research Society JA - J Entomol Res Soc VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Journal of the Entomological Research Society DO - UR - https://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php/JERS/article/view/215 SP - 109-111 AB - <span><p align="justify">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♂ <em>Tabanus terterjani</em> (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.</p></span> ER -