Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) frieseana Schletterer, 1890

Özbek, Hikmet & Online, Published, 2014, Distribution data on the family Melittidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey with considerations about their importance as pollinators, Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (2), pp. 444-459 : 449

3.1.8. Dasypoda (Megadasypoda) frieseana Schletterer, 1890

Distribution: Greece, Macedonia, and Turkey ( Warncke, 1973). In Turkey: İçel ( Warncke, 1973).

Material: Bayburt: Demirözü , 12.07.1992, 2 ♂♂, leg. H. Özbek, det. H. Özbek; 30.07.1992, 2 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ leg. H. Özbek, det. D. Michez, W. Thayse and H. Özbek; 30.07.1992, ♀, ♂, leg. H. Bostan, det. H. Özbek; 31.07.1992, ♀, 4 ♂♂, leg. H. Bostan, det. H. Özbek; 11 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, leg. H. Özbek, det. D. Michez, W. Thayse and H. Özbek ; 14.08.1992, 3 ♂♂, leg. H. Bostan, det. H. Özbek; Bayrampaşa , 31.07.1992, ♀, 2 ♂♂, leg. H. Bostan, det. H. Özbek.

Remark: Warncke (1973) noted that D. friesana was previously known from Turkey (İçel). However, Baker (2002) and Michez et al. (2004a) gave the Balkan Peninsula (Akarnanien) as the only distribution area of this species, and in the distribution map that was prepared by Michez et al. (2004a), only Greece and Macedonia were marked. Recording this species from northeastern Anatolia is very important under these circumstances. D. frieseana is recorded in Turkey as well as from the Asian continent for the first time with the present study and Bayburt is the easternmost record of this species ( Figure 1 ).

Plants associated: Arctium lappa , Cephalaria gigantean , C. procera , and Dipsacus laciniatus .

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of the genus Dasypoda in Turkey.