Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey, new records for the Turkish fauna

Authors : Bilal DİK, Özge KUÇLU, Rahile ÖZTÜRK

Pages : 228-237

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :  This study was carried out to detect biting midges of the Culicoides insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Diptera: Nematocera: Ceratopogonidae); fauna in the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey between June and August 2014. In this study, 34,047 Culicoides samples were captured and 35 Culicoides species were identified. C. obsoletus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Meigen);, 1818 was found to be the most dominant species. It was followed by C. picturatus Kremer & Deduit, 1961; C. punctatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Meigen);, 1804; and C. pulicaris insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus);. All of the Culicoides species detected in the study were reported for the first time in the Western Black Sea Region. C. alazanicus Dzhafarov, 1961 and C. deltus Edwards, 1939 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( C. lupicaris ); were recorded as new records for the first time in Turkey.
Keywords : Culicoides, biting midges, Western Black Sea, Fauna, Anatolia, Turkey