Until today, the studies were conducted about
Tabanidae in Turkey identifying two species of
Stonemyia genus, 10 species of
Pangonius genus, 7 species of
Silvius, three species of
Nemorius, 9 species of
Chrysops, 14 species of
Atylotus genus, three species of
Therioplectes, 16 species of Hybomitra genus, 62 species of
Tabanus genus, 25 species of
Haematopota, 6 species of
Dasyrhamphis, 4 species of
Philipomyia in order to get total of 161 species and 13 subspecies relating to this genus
1,3-6,16,25,29-34.
In this study three species from Chrysops, 11 species from Tabanus, 6 species from Haematopota being twenty species were identified. The presence of these species was also reported in earlier studies 1,2,13,35. However, Atylotus agricola, Haematopota crassicornis and Tabanus tergestinus that had been reported in Elazığ 1 could not be identified in this study.
Three species including Chrysops flavipes, C. buxtoni, C. hamatus were identified in Elazığ province of Turkey for the first time. However, the occurence of the species were recorded earlier from different region of Turkey 1-6,8-10,13-16,23,25,31,32.
Many species from Tabanus genus were reported earlier from different regions of Turkey 1-15,22,23,25,26,29,30-34 although eleven species (T. autumnalis, T. cordiger, T. eggeri, T. indrae, T. leleani, T. miki, T. oppugnator, T. regularis, T. spectabilis, T. spodopterus, T. Unifasciatus) were determined in this study.
Seven species from Haematopota genus were identified by Erdoğmuş 1 and 25 species from Haematopota genus were identified by Kılıç 3. Six species of them (H. bigoti, H. hennauxi, H. kemali, H. pallens, H. pluvialis, H. sewelli ) also were found in the present study.
These flies were found between June and September. No tabanid species were found in May and October in Elazığ vicinity. Maximum activity was found between July and August.
As a result, species of Tabanidae were reported earlier in Elazığ province were also confirmed with this study.
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