Favnistioni zapiski / Faunistical notes
FIRST RECORD OF ERAX NIGROSETOSUS THEODOR, 1980 (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) FROM TURKEY
Abdullah Hasbenli, Fatma Bayrakdar & Neslihan Alpay
Gazi University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey, email: hasbenli@gazi.edu.tr
Abstract - The specimens of robber flies, collected in Turkey between 1992 and 2005, were studied. Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980 is recorded for the first time in the Turkish robber flies fauna.
Key words: Diptera, Asilidae, fauna, Turkey
Izvleoek - PRVA NAJDBA VRSTE ERAX NIGROSETOSUS THEODOR, 1980 (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) V TUROIJI
Preuoili smo primerke muh grabeanic, zbranih v Turoiji med letoma 1992 in 2005. Vrsto Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980, smo prvio zabeleaili v turoki favni grabeanic.
Kljuone besede: Diptera, Asilidae, favna, Turoija
Introduction
The genus Erax was established by Scopoli, 1763. Protophanes Loew, 1860 is its synonym. 26 species of this genus is known worldwide. 22 of them are Palaearctic, 3 Afrotropical and one Australasian (Lehr, 1988, Geller-Grimm, 2006). Erax barbatus Scopoli, 1763, Erax nubeculus (Loew, 1848), Erax tenuicornis (Loew, 1848), Erax hayati Tomasovic, 2002 and Erax punctipennis (Meigen, 1820) were recorded from Turkey (Engel, 1926; Giray, 1987; Lehr, 1988; Tomasovic, 2002). Erax nubeculus (Loew, 1848) and Erax hayati Tomasovic, 2002 are endemic to Turkey.
Material and methods
Specimens were collected during field trips between 1992 and 2005 by A. Hasbenli. Following references were used in identification and for the geographical distribution of species: Engel, 1927; Tsacas, 1960; Richter, 1968; Theodor, 1980; Lehr, 1988, 1992; Geller-Grimm, 2006; Tomasovic, 2002a, b. Specimens are preserved in the Zoological Museum of Gazi University (ZMGU), Ankara, Turkey.
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Results and discussion
Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980
Material examined: 1 female, Antalya, Akseki, Cevizli village, 1250 m, 9.05.1992; 3 males, 2 females, Antalya, Alanya, Ku?kayasi, 1050 m, 21.04.2001; 5 males, 2 females, Antalya, Ka?, Gömbe, Sinekçibeli pass, 1435 m, 23.04.2001; 3 males, 3 females, Burdur, Bucak, Çamlik, Haciba? village, 1215 m, 22.04.2001; 2 males, 1 female, Isparta, Yalvaç, Ba?konak, 1250 m, 24.04.2001; 1 male, Isparta, Sarkikaraa?aç, 1200 m, 26.06.2001; Kayseri, Yahyali, E?elik village, 1250 m, 1 female, 20.05.1993; 1 female, Kayseri, Yahyali, Dereköy, 1600 m, 12.06.1993; 1 female, Konya, Hadim, 1738 m, 25.05.2001; 1 male, Manisa, Turgutlu, Çalda?i, 600 m, 24.04.2005; 2 males, Mersin, Mut, Ermenek, 712 m, 21.05.2005.
E. nigrosetosus was known only from Israel until now. The species is a representative of the East Mediterranean fauna. Most species of the genus are distributed in the Mediterranean subregion of the Palaearctic Region. Therefore we could conclude that this genus originates from the Mediterranean.
E. nigrosetosus is recorded from Turkey for the first time. With this, the number of Erax species in the fauna of Turkey reached six.
Fig. 1: Dorsal view of the male genitalia of Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980.
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Abdullah Hasbenli, Fatma Bayrakdar, Neslihan Alpay: First record of Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980 (Diptera: Asilidae)
Fig. 2: Lateral view of the male genitalia of Erax nigrosetosus Theodor, 1980.
References
Engel,   E.   O.,   1927:   24.   Asilidae.   In:   Lidner,  E.   (ed.):   Die  Fliegen  der
Palaearktischen Region, Stuttgart, 4 (2): 88-92. Geller-Grimm, F., 14.02.2006: http://www.geller-grimm.de/catalog/species.htm. Giray, H., 1981: Türkiye Asilidae (Diptera) faunasina ait ilk liste. Türkiye Bitki
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Asilidae). 1. Taxonomy and Ecology. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 5: 91-105. Richter, V. A.,  1968:  [The predacious robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) of the
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Tsacas, L., 1960: Contribution a la Connaissance des Diptéres de Gréce, 2 Noté, Asilidae de Macédoine. Revue Francaise d`Entomologie 27(3): 219-230.
Tomasovic, G., 2002a: Etude sur matériaux typiques du complexe génital mâle de sept especes du genre Erax Scopoli, 1763 (Diptera, Asilidae) avec la description de trois especes nouvelles. Notes fauniques Gembloux, 46: 27-37.
Tomasovic, G., 2002b: Etude sur types d’Erax Scopoli, 1763 de Macquart et description de 4 nouvelles especes (Diptera: Asilidae), Notes fauniques Gembloux, 49: 51-83.
Received / Prejeto: 21. 2. 2006
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