Contribution to the Knowledge of Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) in Türkiye: First Record of C. asiliformis

Furkan Eren

doi:10.2478/cszma-2025-0016

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Contribution to the Knowledge of Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) in Türkiye: First Record of C. asiliformis

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

Volume 74 (2025): Issue 3 (December 2025)

By: Furkan Eren

Open Access

|Dec 2025

Abstract

In this study, Diptera specimens photographed during nature observations in Bartın and Sakarya of Türkiye provinces were initially identified as Chrysopilus asiliformis (Preyssler, 1791) based on their photographs. Subsequently, to confirm the identification microscopically, representative female and male specimens were collected and examined under a stereomicroscope. This finding represents the first record of C. asiliformis in the Turkish fauna.

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