Vol. 115. No. 3. May & June 2004 163 A NEW SPECIES OF OXYCERA MEIGEN (DIPTERA: STRATIOMYIDAE) FROM TURKEY 1 Turgay Ustiiner and Abdullah HasbenlP ABSTRACT: A new species, Oxycera turcica sp.n., is described from Turkey and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. It is compared with two related species described by E. Lindner from Israel. KEY WORDS: Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Oxycera turcica, new species, Turkey Up to the present, only five species of Oxycera Meigen have been recorded from Turkey (Woodley 2001): Oxycera insolata Kiihbander, 1984; O. limbata Loew, 1862; O. meigenii Staeger, 1844; O. pygmaea (Fallen, 1917) and O. tri-lineata (Linnaeus, 1767). During our investigations of the Turkish stratiomyid fauna, we discovered a species which apparently represents an interesting con-tribution to the native Oxycera list. It appeared to be a new species distinctly dif-fering from the related species described by Lindner from Israel, viz. Oxycera galeata Lindner, 1975 and Oxycera orientalis Lindner, 1974. Oxycera turcica NEW SPECIES (Figs. 1-18) Type Data: Holotype, 1 male: Turkey: Sivas, Sarkisla, Karacaoren Village, elev. 1710 m, June 23, 2003, coll. Ustiiner, deposited in Selcuk University Department of Biology in Konya (coll. Ustiin-er) in Turkey. Allotype: 1 female: Turkey: Sivas, Sarkisla, Karacaoren Village, elev. 1710 m, June 23, 2003, coll. Ustiiner, deposited in Selcuk University Department of Biology in Konya (coll. Ustiin-er) in Turkey. 2 male: Turkey: Sivas, Sarkisla, Karacaoren Village, elev. 1710m, June 23, 2003, coll. Ustiiner. 3 female: Turkey: Sivas, Sarkisla, Karacaoren Village, elev. 1710 m, June 23, 2003, coll. Ustiiner. 2 male: Turkey: Sivas, Giiriin, from Giiriin to Sivas 5. km., elev. 1550 m, July 26, 2003, coll. Ustiiner. 4 female: Turkey: Sivas, Giirun, from Giiriin to Sivas 5. km., elev. 1550 m, July 26, 2003, coll. Ustuner. 1 male: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyaly, Burhaniye Village (35 35' E ; 37 49' N), elev. 1414 m, June 23, 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli. 1 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Sanz, Incemagara Village (36 26' E ; 38 22' N), elev. 1518m, June 14, 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli. 2 male: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyaly, Burhaniye Village (35 35' E ; 37 49' N), elev. 1414 m, July 13, 2002, coll. Ustuner& Hasbenli. 1 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyaly, Burhaniye Village (35 35' E ; 37 49' N), elev. 1414 m, July 13, 2002, coll. Ustiiner&Hasbenli. 1 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyaly, Ulupynar Plateau (35 33' E ; 37 53' N), elev. 1500 m, July 13, 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli. 7 male: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyali, Sogulca Plateau (35 24' E ; 38 O 1 N), elev. 1665 m, July 14, 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli . 5 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Yahyali, Sogulca Plateau (35 24' E ; 38 0' N), elev. 1665 m, July 14, 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli. 2 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Sanz, Bostanlik Village (36 26' E ; 38 29' N), elev. 1700 m, 15 July 2002, coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli. 1 male: Turkey: Kayseri, Sanz, Sarlak Village (36 40' E ; 38 39' N), elev. 1889 m. July 16, 2002. coll. Ustuner&Hasbenli . 1 female: Turkey: Kayseri, Sanz, Sarlak Village (36 40' E ; 38 39' N) elev. 1889 m, July 16. 2002, coll. Ustiiner&Hasbenli. 1 male: Turkey: Kayseri, Sari/, Karapynar Village (36 35' E ; 38 35' N). 1 Received on July 12, 2004. Accepted on August 3, 2004. ; Selcuk University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, Kampiis, 4203 1 Konya, Turkey. E-mail:
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