Faunistic studies on the species of Syrphidae (Diptera) in Kayseri province
Abstract
In this study, totally 2776 specimens belonging to the family Syrphidae (Diptera) were collected and evaluated in Kayseri province between May and August in the years of 2004 and 2005. Totally, 26 species belonging to the Syphidae family have been determined. Of these species, Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg is new record for the Turkish fauna. Cheilosia proxima (Zetterstedt), Chrysotoxum octomaculatum Curtis, Eristalinus taeniops (Wiedemann), Eumerus sogdianus Stackelberg, Neoascia podogrica (Fabricius), Paragus albifrons (Fallén), Paragus quadrifasciatus Meigen, Pipizella maculipennis (Meigen) and Sphaerophoria turkmenica Bankowska were also recorded from Kayseri province for the first time.
Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776), Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli), Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus), Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius, 1794), Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus) and Syritta pipiens (Linnaeus) are abundant and widespread species in the research area.Keywords
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English
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Publication Date
January 4, 2010
Submission Date
December 31, 2009
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Year 2008 Volume: 48 Number: 4
