Miltogramminae, Lioy, 1864

Pekbey, Gamze & Hayat, Rüstem, 2013, New records of Miltogramminae and Paramacronychiinae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Turkey *, Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (4), pp. 514-518 : 514

Species of the subfamily Miltogramminae ( Diptera : Sarcophagidae ) are generally small to medium-sized with large eyes, broad lower calypteres, and an oval or slightly tapering abdomen. Morphology of the terminalia is rather uniform. Sexual dimorphism is often present. It usually involves differences in color pattern, males having a denser, brighter, and more contrasting microtomentum, and in the chaetotaxy of the fore tarsus, which is equipped with specialized setae in the males of many species ( Pape, 1996; Pape et al., 2012). The male terminalia are fairly simple and generally species specific ( Pape and Szpila, 2012). Terminalia consist of 3 distinct dorsal segments (tergite 6, syntergosternite 7 + 8, epandrium), and the aedeagus has an undivided dorsal plate, the dorsolateral processes being fused along the median line ( Pape, 1987). The large majority are kleptoparasites in the nests of solitary aculeate Hymenoptera ( Szpila and Pape, 2007).

The subfamily Paramacronychiinae generally contains medium-sized species although they range from small to large. Most species are densely covered with grayish or light brown microtomentum with a more or less distinct abdominal pattern consisting of a median stripe and dark lateral spots. In the male terminalia, tergite 6 is fused to syntergosternite 7 + 8, the surstyli are fused to the epandrium, and the acrophallus is long and curved ( Pape, 1996; Pape et al., 2012). The biology ranges from lepidopteran predators or parasitoids to predators on immatures (mainly prepupae) of bumble bees, predators of grasshopper egg pods, and parasitoids of grasshoppers and snails. Sarcophila Rondani, 1856 and Wohlfahrtia Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1889 contain scavengers, insect predators, and some species that produce myiasis in mammals. Species of Wohlfahrtia have even been used in the treatment of human wounds ( Pape, 1996; Pape et al., 2012).

To date, 12 species of Miltogramminae and 8 species of Paramacronychiinae had been reported from Turkey ( Pape, 1996; Kara and Pape, 2002; Hayat et al., 2008; Pekbey and Hayat, 2010). The aim of this study is to contribute new records and distributional data to the fauna of Turkish flesh flies.