New records and a checklist of Cephidae (Hymenoptera:Insecta) of Turkey with a short biogeographical consideration

Authors: E. MAHİR KORKMAZ, MAHİR BUDAK, SEVDA HASTAOĞLU ÖRGEN, EFKAN BAĞDA, LÜTFİYE GENÇER, SELMA ÜLGENTÜRK, HASAN HÜSEYİN BAŞIBÜYÜK

Abstract: Twenty-five species of Cephidae are reported from Turkey based on literature records and specimens collected mainly from Central Anatolia. Of these Cephus fumipennis Eversmann, C. nigrinus Thomson, C. pulcher Tischbein, C. rjabovi Dovnar-Zapolskij, C. sareptanus Dovnar-Zapolskij, C. spinipes (Panzer), Calameuta (Calameuta) filiformis (Eversmann), C. (Calameuta) punctata (Klug), Hartigia linearis (Schrank), and H. xanthostoma (Eversmann) are recorded for the first time both in Central Anatolia and Turkey. A checklist of the family, including new records, is provided. Distribution patterns of the species in relation to the last glacial age are discussed.

Keywords: Cephidae, Hymenoptera, Central Anatolia, checklist, Turkey, biogeography

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