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.