Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Turkish Thrace, with a new record for Turkey Sirin, Uemit Davut Caliskan, Hakan Sahin, Yalcin Biodiversity Data Journal 2015 3 4834 4834 Rubtsov, 1940 Rubtsov 1940 Insecta Simuliidae Metacnephia CoL Animalia Metacnephia nigra Diptera 0 4834 Arthropoda species nigra  Materials  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 1 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Metacnephianigra (Rubtsov, 1940); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Metacnephia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Rubtsov, 1940); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Kirklareli; county: Demirkoey; locationRemarks: 35; verbatimLatitude: 41°52'21.65"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°54'3.96"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id-11; Event: eventDate: 04/22/2005  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 12 pupae, 2 larvae; Taxon: scientificName: Metacnephianigra (Rubtsov, 1940); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Metacnephia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Rubtsov, 1940); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Kirklareli; county: Igneada; locationRemarks: 36; verbatimLatitude: 41°49'16.69"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°57'8.53"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id-12; Event: eventDate: 04/22/2005  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 2 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Metacnephianigra (Rubtsov, 1940); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Metacnephia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Rubtsov, 1940); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Kirklareli; county: Merkez; locationRemarks: 46; verbatimLatitude: 41°49'48.43"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°10'42.01"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id-13; Event: eventDate: 04/23/2005  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 5 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Metacnephianigra (Rubtsov, 1940); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Metacnephia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Rubtsov, 1940); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Edirne; county: Lalapasa; locationRemarks: 53; verbatimLatitude: 41°58'26.47"N; verbatimLongitude: 27°0'28.78"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id-14; Event: eventDate: 04/23/2005  Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: 1 pupae; Taxon: scientificName: Metacnephianigra (Rubtsov, 1940); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Diptera; family: Simuliidae; genus: Metacnephia; scientificNameAuthorship: (Rubtsov, 1940); Location: continent: Europe; country: Turkey; stateProvince: Edirne; county: Lalapasa; locationRemarks: 128; verbatimLatitude: 41°50'8.01"N; verbatimLongitude: 26°43'49.22"E; Identification: identificationID: esoguent-th-id-15; Event: eventDate: 04/23/2005  Notes We report this species for the first time from Turkey. The taxonomy of the genus Metacnephiarequires revision. In Turkey, only two species, M. lyraand M. subalpina, of this genus have been known until now (  Kazanciand Ertunc2008). The pupal features of our specimens are similar to those of M. subalpina, reported from four localities in Anatolia, one in the northwestern and three in the eastern and southeastern parts of the country, by Crosskey and Zwick (2007). Metacnephia subalpinawas described by Rubtsov (1956)as a variety of M. nigra, but Terteryan (1968)elevated it to species. According to Crosskey and Zwick (2007), the relationship of M. subalpinaand M. nigraremains unsettled because of the problem of the true identity of M. nigra; the authors could not resolve the ambiguities. They noted that Yankovsky (1995)(pp. 4, 50) treated subalpina and nigra as synonyms before reverting [ Yankovsky (2003)] to treating them as separate species. Crosskey and Zwick (2007)used the name subalpina for their material because it conformed in the shape of the ventral plate and pupal gill with Djafarov'sillustrations of M. subalpina. Another species, Metacnephia uzunovi, described by Kovachev (1985)from Bulgaria, confuses the taxonomic situation by having similar structural characters to M. nigra. We have doubts about its validity. We recognize M. nigraas a species complex, following the recommendation of P.H. Adler (pers. comm.) who noted the similarity with Rubtsov's(1956, fig. 113) variety, saxicola, of M. nigra. Adler suggested that we use the name M. nigrafor our material, with reference to Rubtsov's(1956) variety saxicola, as a conservative approach that will provide future workers with an idea of the morphology of our material until the correct name of the species can be determined. M. nigrais known from Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan), Romania, Russia (Caucasus) and Turkmenistan ( Adler and Crosskey 2015). 04/22/2005 Turkey 41.87268 Turkey 1 27.9011 0 4834 1 1 Other material 04/22/2005 Turkey 41.8213 Turkey 1 27.95237 0 4834 14 2 12 Other material 04/23/2005 Turkey 41.83012 Turkey 1 27.178335 0 4834 2 2 Other material 04/23/2005 Turkey 41.97402 Turkey 1 27.007994 0 4834 5 5 Other material 04/23/2005 Turkey 41.835556 Turkey 1 26.73034 0 4834 1 1 Other material