Tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids reared from some hemipterous hosts from Türkiye

This study was carried out to determine tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids obtained from some hemipterous hosts in Adana, Ankara, Hatay, Konya and Uşak provinces of Türkiye between 2001 and 2020. For this purpose, adult hemipters were collected from perennial arboreal and annual herbaceous plants. The samples were brought to the laboratory and cultured on the relevant host plant material. As a result of the study, 11 tachinid species were determined from 10 different hemipterous hosts. Of these, four parasitoid-host couples are new records. These were Aelia rostrata Boheman, 1852 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Scantius aegyptius (L., 1758) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) for Gymnosoma clavata (Rohdendorf, 1947) (Diptera: Tachinidae), Dolycoris baccarum (L., 1758) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) for Eulabidogaster setifacies (Rondani, 1861) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) for Cylindromyia rubida (Loew, 1854) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Also, eight new hosts were reported for the first time in Türkiye. In addition, host information and distributions of each parasitoid are presented in the study.