The Ceratopogonidae (Insecta: Diptera) fauna of the Central Black SeaRegion in Turkey

Authors: FETHİ TURGUT, ALİ YAVUZ KILIÇ

Abstract: Within the context of this study, conducted in 2007 and 2008, 64 species of the genera Allohelea Kieffer, Alluaudomyia Kieffer, Atrichopogon Kieffer, Bezzia Kieffer, Brachypogon Kieffer, Culicoides Latreille, Dasyhelea Kieffer, Forcipomyia Meigen, Leptoconops Skuse, Palpomyia Meigen, and Stilobezzia Kieffer were reported in the Central Black Sea Region of Turkey. Among them, three genera (Allohelea, Alluaudomyia, and Brachypogon) and 26 species are new to the country's fauna.

Keywords: Diptera, Ceratopogonidae, biting midges, faunistic, new records, Turkey, Black Sea Region

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