Tachinidae ( Diptera ) species from some uplands in Tokat province ( Turkey )

This study was based upon material of the family Tachinidae (Diptera) collected from some uplands of Tokat (Turkey) during 2012 and 2013. In total, 24 species were identified during this study. They are 1 genus and 1 species from the subfamily Exoristinae, 5 genera and 7 species from the subfamily Tachininae, 6 genera and 7 species from the subfamily Dexiinae, 5 genera and 9 species from the subfamily Phasiinae. Among them, Peleteria varia, Linnaemya impudica, Macquartia chalconota, Peribeae tibialis, Periscepsia carbonaria and Prosena siberita were recorded for the first time in Tokat.


Introduction
The family Tachinidae is one of the most diverse dipteran families, with more than 8.000 species (Ziegler 1998).Tachinid flies (Diptera) are among the most important natural enemies of herbivorous arthropods and play significant roles in regulating pest populations.They mostly attack larval Lepidoptera feeding on foliage.Also parasites a range of other insects from Heteroptera (nymphs and adults), Coleoptera (larvae and adults) and Hymenoptera (DeBach and Rosen 1991; Stireman et al. 2006).Because of detailed studies have been made about Tachinidae family in Tokat provinces, tachinid fauna of Tokat provinces is well known (Kara 1998;Kara 1999a;b;Kara and Bayram 1999;Kara 2001a;Kara and Alaoğlu 2001;2002;Atay and Kara 2014).However, some uplands of Tokat have not been studied so far.In this study, the tachinids of these areas were determined.
Distribution in the World: East, North, South and West Europe (Tschorsnig et al. 2004).
Distribution in the World: Caucasus, Central, East and West Asia, West Europe (Herting and Dely-Draskovits 1993), East, South and West Europe, West Asia (Tschorsnig et al. 2004).
Distribution in the World: East, North, South and West Europe (Tschorsnig et al., 2004), Central and East Asia, East Europe (Richter 2008).
Distribution in the World: Central, East, South and West Europe (Tschorsnig et al. 2004), Central and West Asia, North Africa (Herting and Dely-Draskovits 1993).

Conclusions
There are 16,000 parasitoids species in the order Diptera.Approximately 8,000 of them belong to the Tachinidae.All tachinid flies are parasitoids in their larval stage and their hosts all belong to the Arthropoda, almost exclusively the Insecta.Therefore, this family is very important in terms of biological control studies.It is necessary to reveal the presence in their nature, to explain of the biology and host parasitoid relationship for be able to benefit from these parasitoids in biological control programs.In this study it was aimed to reveal the presence of tachinids in some uplands of Tokat which has not been studied yet.

Acknowledgment
The study was supported by the Gaziosmanpasa University Scientific Research Fund (Project Number: 2013/39) and is a partial summary of Nezir Lekin's Master Thesis.