Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Turkish Thrace, with a new record for Turkey Author Sirin, Uemit Davut Author Caliskan, Hakan Author Sahin, Yalcin text Biodiversity Data Journal 2015 3 4834 4834 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4834 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4834 1314-2828-3-4834 Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 2 pupae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Demirkoey ; locationRemarks: 35; verbatimLatitude: 41°52'21.65"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°54'3.96"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 89; Event: eventDate: 05/26/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae , 1 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Igneada ; locationRemarks: 36; verbatimLatitude: 41°49'16.69"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°57'8.53"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 90; Event: eventDate: 05/26/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae , 3 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 47; verbatimLatitude: 41°52'37.87"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°10'41.95"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 91; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 2 females ; lifeStage: 3 pupae , 2 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 48; verbatimLatitude: 41°54'8.88"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°10'30.90"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 92; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 6 pupae , 1 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 49; verbatimLatitude: 41°55'33.95"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°9'48.15"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 93; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae , 3 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 50; verbatimLatitude: 41°56'53.66"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°9'42.23"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 94; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 2 pupae , 2 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 51; verbatimLatitude: 41°56'22.44"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°5'33.09"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 95; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 6 pupae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Kofcaz ; locationRemarks: 52; verbatimLatitude: 41°56'50.96"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°3'41.00"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 96; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 4 pupae , 2 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Edirne; county: Lalapasa ; locationRemarks: 53; verbatimLatitude: 41°58'26.47"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°0'28.78"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 97; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae , 2 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Edirne; county: Kesan ; locationRemarks: 80; verbatimLatitude: 40°43'36.00"N ; verbatimLongitude: 26°42'46.33"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 98; Event: eventDate: 06/03/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: 3 pupae / 1 pupae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Tekirdag ; county: Sarkoey ; locationRemarks: 82; verbatimLatitude: 40°41'28.95"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°5'45.01"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 99; Event: eventDate: 03.06.2002 / 05.07.2003 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae , 1 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) bezzii (Corti, 1914); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Corti, 1914); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Canakkale ; county: Gelibolu; locationRemarks: 91; verbatimLatitude: 40°24'36.21"N ; verbatimLongitude: 26°30'21.36"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 100; Event: eventDate: 06/05/2002 Notes This species occurs in the southwestern Palearctic from Iberia through central and southern Europe to the Transcaucasus and northern Middle East, and is present in northwestern Africa and most of the larger Mediterranean islands. It is common and widespread in Anatolia ( Crosskey and Zwick 2007 ). Simulium bezzii , like Simulium kerisorum , also known from Turkey, has six pupal gill filaments, in contrast to most other species of the S. bezzii -group, which generally have eight filaments. It can be distinguished by large fenestrations posterior to the cocoon rim. Crosskey and Zwick (2007) stated that S. kerisorum is not a valid species and thought that the Turkish record of Kazanci and Clergue-Gazeau (1990) is questionable. The chromosomes of Simulium bezzii have been studied (mainly by Kachvoryan (1988) , as Tetisimulium condici ) but not those of S. kerisorum , and cytological comparison of the two nominal taxa is desirable ( Crosskey and Zwick 2007 ).