Contributions to the genus Platystoma (Diptera: Platystomatidae) fauna of Turkey with seven new records


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Mesci S., HASBENLİ A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, cilt.39, sa.5, ss.804-810, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/zoo-1411-44
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.804-810
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study evaluated specimens belonging to the genus Platystoma collected from different provinces in Turkey between 1992 and 2007 and currently deposited at the Zoology Museum of Gazi University (ZMGU); 12 species and 2 subspecies belonging to this genus were identified. The species P. dimidiatum (Hendel, 1913), P. tegularium (Loew, 1859), P. gemmationis (Rondani, 1869), P. chrysotoxum (Hendel, 1913), P. pubescens (Loew, 1845), P. plantationis (Rondani, 1869), and P. subtile bezzii (Hendel, 1913) have been recorded in Turkey for the first time. Wing pictures and distribution maps of the discovered species are given.