Contributions to the Limoniidae (Insecta, Diptera) fauna from inner western Anatolia

Abstract

The study was carried out between 2009 and 2011 in the inner part of western Anatolia (Afyonkarahisar, Kutahya, and Usak), and 18 species were recorded for the first time for the Turkish Limoniidae fauna. The taxa are Ellipteroides (s.str.) lateralis (Macquart, 1835), Erioconopa diuturna (Walker, 1848), E. interposita Stary, 1976, Gonempeda flava (Schummel, 1829), Gonomyia (s.str.) recta Tonnoir, 1920, G. (Paralipophleps) bifida Tonnoir, 1920, Hoplolabis (Parilisia) longior Stary, 2006, Idiocera (s.str.) alexanderiana (Lackschewitz, 1940), Ilisia inermis Mend!, 1979, Molophilus (s.str.) appendiculatus (Staeger, 1840), M. (s.str.) niger Goetghebuer, 1920, Tasiocera (Dasymolophilus) murina (Meigen, 1818), Euphylidorea phaeostigma (Schummel, 1829), Pilaria scutellata (Staeger, 1840), Dicranomyia (s.str.) didyma (Meigen, 1804), D. (Idiopyga) danica Kuntze, 1919, Helius (s.str.) calviensis Edwards, 1928, and Rhipidia (s.str.) uniseriata uniseriata (Schiner, 1864). The distribution maps of the 18 new records from the research area are given.