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--4834 Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 6 pupae , 5 larvae / 19 pupae , 5 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); 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- 128; Event: eventDate: 26.05.2002 / 22.04.2005 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 7 pupae , 11 larvae / 1 pupae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Pinarhisar ; locationRemarks: 38; verbatimLatitude: 41°40'11.14"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°26'32.75"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 129; Event: eventDate: 07/08/2003 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae , 3 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Kirklareli ; county: Merkez; locationRemarks: 46; verbatimLatitude: 41°49'48.43"N ; verbatimLongitude: 27°10'42.01"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 130; Event: eventDate: 04/23/2005 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 8 pupae , 7 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); 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- 131; Event: eventDate: 05/28/2002 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: lifeStage: 7 pupae , 8 larvae ; Taxon: scientificName: Simulium (Simulium) reptans (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Simulium; subgenus: Simulium; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey ; stateProvince: Edirne; county: Hatipkoey ; locationRemarks: 63; verbatimLatitude: 41°48'14.99"N ; verbatimLongitude: 26°33'13.31"E ; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id- 132; Event: eventDate: 05/30/2002 Notes Simulium reptans is one of the most common black flies in the Palaearctic, distributed from China to Portugal and from Lapland to Italy. It is a human- and cattle-biting species ( Day et al. 2008 ). In Turkey, this species were reported from the Bueyuek Menderes river basin in western Anatolia ( Kazanci and Ertunc 2008 ile and the va districts of thestanbul ( Sirin et al. 2014 ). Simulium reptans is similar to Simulium galeratum Edwards, especially in the larval stages, and some authors (e.g. Crosskey and Howard 2004 ) regarded galeratum as a synonym of reptans. However, Day et al. (2008) and Bernotiene and Stunzėnas (2009) showed, by analyzing mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene sequences, that S. galeratum is a distinct species. According to Bass (1998) , Knoz (1965) and Jedlicka et al. (2004) , the most distinctive pupal character between S. reptans and S. galeratum is the conformation and distribution of microtubercles on the cuticle of the head and thorax; in S. galeratum , the microtubercles are sparse and pointed, but dense in S. reptans , they are dense and rounded. In our study, the pupae have dense, rounded microtubercles. However, the head capsule pigmentation of our larvae conforms to that of S. reptans , as given by Bass (1998) . We did not observe variation among specimens from the four localities where we collected the species.