Culicoides species (Latreille,1809) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Hatay province [Hatay yöresinde bulunan Culicoides (Latreille,1809) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) türleri]

This study was carried out to determine of culicoides species in hatay province (antakya,reyhanli{dotless},hassa,samandaǧ and ki{dotless}ri{dotless}khan districts) between april 2005 and october 2006. the light traps were used for the collection of culicoides samples. they were placed in or nearby sheep or cattle pens at the sunset and was kept for about two-three hours. a total of 520 culicoides specimens were collected and 15 species were identified follow as: c. badooshensis khalaf,c. cataneii clastrier,c. circumscriptus kieffer,c. dzhafarovi remm,c. festivipennis kieffer,c. gejgelensis dzhafarov,c. imicola kieffer,c. nubeculosus (meigen),c. odiatus austen,c. picturatus kremer and deduit,c. puncticollis (becker),c. riethi kieffer,c. sahariensis kieffer,c. schultzei kompleks (enderlein),c. shaklawensis khalaf. while culicoides circumscriptus and c. schultzei kompleks were dominant species,two specimens of c.f estivipennis,c. odiatus,c. picturatus,c. riethi and c. shaklawensis only one specimen of c. dzhafarovi were obtained.