New records of Stratiomyidae (Diptera) from Turkey

Abstract

Three species of Stratiomyidae that represent diverse zoogeographic elements are re­corded for the first time from Turkey. The total number of species recorded to date for the stratiomyid subfamilies Stratiomyinae and Nemotelinae in Turkey is 34, including 12 species of Nemotelus and one species of Exochostoma (Lindner, 1936–1938; Rozkošný and Nartshuk, 1988; Üstüner et al., 2002; Woodley, 2001). In this note, Exochostoma nitidum Macquart, 1842, Nemotelus nigrinus Fallén, 1817, and Nemotelus syriacus Lindner, 1937 are newly recorded for the Turkish Fauna. The study is based on 79 specimens hand-netted on vegetation alongside rivers and marshy meadows between the years 2000–2007. All the specimens are deposited in the Selçuk University Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology, Konya, Turkey.

To cite: Üstüner, T. 2010. New records of Stratiomyidae (Diptera) from Turkey. Israel Journal of Entomology 40: 109–111.