A new species of <i>Tipula (Lunatipula)</i> from Turkey, close to <i>T. (L.) imbecilla</i> Loew (Diptera: Tipulidae)

A total of 132 species of Tipulidae, of which 53 species are endemic, is known from Turkey (Koç & Oosterbroek 2001, Serçe & Koç 2004). Turkey is also the type locality of 66 species. Material that included the new species of the macrocelene group, reported here, was collected by the first author in asiatic Turkey, in the province of Mugla. Specimens were collected close to a stream in a mixed forest. Plants found in this habitat were Platanus orientalis, Pinus brutia, Quercus sp., Rosa sp., Rubus sp., Juncus sp., Juniperus sp., Populus sp., Dryopterus sp. and Trifolium sp.