“…Overall, the Tachinidae are considered beneficial, as most species are primary parasitoids of plant pests. Many tachinids have been used successfully in biological control programs (Grenier, 1988;Stireman et al, 2006). Although the history of studies on Tachinidae fauna is not very long in Turkey, there have been a number of detailed studies about the family (Doğanlar, 1982a(Doğanlar, , 1982bKara, 1999aKara, , 1999bKara, , 2001aKara, , 2001bKara, , 2002Kara and Alaoğlu, 2002;Kara and Tschorsnig, 2003;Kara et al, 2010;Atay and Kara, 2014).…”