Faunistic studies on Tachinidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) species in Manisa province of Turkey

This study was carried out between 2016-2020 to reveal the Tachinidae (Diptera) fauna of Manisa province. For this purpose, Tachinidae samples were collected from the cultural and natural areas of 5 districts (Salihli, Sarıgöl, Selendi, Soma, Şehzadeler) that were selected to represent the province. In addition, the species belonging to different insect orders were reared under laboratory conditions to obtain the Tachinidae species living as parasitoid. totally, 35 species were determined and identified during the study. These were 4 genera and 5 species belonging to Exoristinae subfamily, 5 genera and 8 species belonging to Tachininae subfamily, 3 genera and 4 species belonging to Dexiinae subfamily, 9 genera and 18 species belonging to Phasiinae subfamily. Estheria cristata (Meigen, 1826), Cistogaster globosa (Fabricius, 1775) and Cylindromyia gemma (Richter, 1972) were recorded for the first time in Turkey. The synonyms, distributions in the wold and Turkey and hosts known of Turkey of the identified species were also given. In addition, the species that are newly recorded for Turkey were identified.