New Faunistic Data for Asilidae (Diptera) Fauna of Türkiye with Specimens Caught by Pitfall Traps

Year 2023, Volume: 27 Issue: 3, 495 - 502, 25.12.2023

Ebru Ceren Fidan , Adem Aslan , Ümit Şirin , Hakan Çalışkan

Abstract

This paper presents three species of robber flies collected by the pitfall trap in 2012 from 5 different habitats in Turkmen mountains, which is not widely
used in sampling for these insects but is used as a standard catch method in many different insect families. These species are Epitriptus micans (Meigen, 1820),
Dysmachus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1820) and Erax hayati Tomasovic, 2002. Epitriptus micans is a new record for the fauna of Türkiye, and all of them were also first
recorded in Türkmen Mountains. Additionally, Erax hayati, has been reported for the second time since its description from Türkiye, after its type locality, Malatya.
The study was compared with other studies in which different capture methods were applied. Brief taxonomic remarks with figures and distributional data are
given for each species.

Keywords

Epitriptus, Dysmachus, Erax, Robberfly, Pitfall trap

Supporting Institution

Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Project Number

ESOGUBAP-201219A102

Thanks

We are thankful to Dr. Guy Tomasovic (retired from Liege University, Belgium) for his useful advice confirming to the species identifications. This work has been supported by Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit under grant number ESOGUBAP-201219A102

Türkiye Asilidae (Diptera) Faunası İçin Çukur Tuzaklarla Yakalanan Örneklerle Yeni Faunistik Veriler

Abstract

Bu makalede, 2012 yılında Türkmen Dağları'nda 5 farklı habitattan, bu grubun örneklenmesinde yaygın olarak kullanılmayan fakat bircok farklı böcek
familyasında yaygın yakalama metodu olarak kullanılan çukur tuzak ile yakalanan, 3 haydut sinek türü sunulmaktadır. Bu türler, Epitriptus micans (Meigen, 1820),
Dysmachus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1820) ve Erax hayati Tomasovic, 2002 türleridir. Epitriptus micans, Türkiye faunası için yeni kayıttır. Ayrıca, türlerin hepsi Türkmen
Dağı'nda ilk kez kaydedilmiştir. Ek olarak, tip lokalitesi Malatya'da bulunan Erax hayati, tanımlanmasından bu yana Türkiye’den ikinci kez rapor edilmiştir.
Çalışmada uygulanan yöntem farklı yakalama yöntemlerinin uygulandığı diğer çalışmalarla karşılaştırılmıştır. Her türün fotoğrafları ve dağılım bilgileriyle birlikte
kısa taksonomik açıklamalar verilmiştir.

Keywords

Epitriptus, Dysmachus, Erax, Haydut sinek, Çukur tuzak

Project Number

ESOGUBAP-201219A102

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