Didem Coral Şahin

Plant Protection Central Research Institute · Agricultural Fauna and Microflora Department

This paper presents ultrastructures of aedeagus and spermatheca observed for the first time by SEM of a plant pest (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) Cryptocephalus turcicus Suffrian, 1847 from Türkiye. In the present study, the morphologies of male and female genitalia of this species belonging to the nominative subgenus Cryptocephalus...

The paper presents ultrastructures observed by SEM of aedeagus and spermatheca of Cryptocephalus sericeus (Linnaeus, 1758) that is a Sibero-European species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from Turkey for the first time. With the present study, the morphologies of male and female genitaliae of this species belonging to the nominative...

The paper presents ultrastructures observed by SEM of aedeagus and spermatheca of Cryptocephalus duplicatus Suffrian, 1845 that is a Turano-Mediterranean (Turano-Balkan) species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) from Turkey for the first time. With the present study, the morphologies of male and female genitaliae of this species belongi...

Genital morphology comparison of species belonging to the genus Chrysomela in Turkey.

The paper presents updated fauna of Alticinae subfamily of Kayseri province with new and interesting data. In the present study, a total of 3940 flea beetle specimens were collected and evaluated from various localities in Kayseri province in 2015-2019. Accordingly, the current fauna of Kayseri province includes 105 species (including previously kn...

The paper presents updated fauna of Donaciinae, Criocerinae, Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Eumolpinae, Chrysomelinae and Galerucinae subfamilies of Kayseri province with new and interesting data. In the present study, a total of 2647 leaf beetle specimens were collected and evaluated from various localities in Kayseri province in 2015-2019. Accordin...

Host plant associations and provincial distribution patterns are given and updated for 58 species representing 2 subfamilies and 9 genera of Turkish leaf-mining and tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae: Hispinae and Cassidinae). Literature host plant records, if they exist, are given for included taxa. In addition, new data from Düzce and Kayseri provin...

A new species, Cassida alidagiense sp. nov., has been described from Kayseri province in Turkey. For the time being, the species is endemic to Turkey. Cassida alidagiense sp. nov., is related to Cassida linnavuorii Borowiec, 1986; Cassida brevis Weise, 1884; and Cassida bella Faldermann, 1837, from which it differs in the shape of the apex of cornu...

The paper presents confirmations with exact locality data of the presence in Turkey of four little known species-group taxa in the leaf-beetle genera Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 and Clytra Laicharting, 1781. The presence in Turkey of all of the aforementioned species-group taxa has been reported mostly as there are in Anatolia without exact locali...

A new leaf-beetle subspecies of Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) sanguineocincta (Crotch, 1871) is described: Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) sanguineocincta pinarbasiense subsp. nov. from Kayseri province in SE Central Anatolian region of Turkey. The habitus and aedeagus of the subspecies is given in the text. Its aedeagus is compared to the related taxa in the su...

A new leaf-beetle subspecies of Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) sanguineocincta (Crotch, 1871) is described: Chrysolina (Chalcoidea) sanguineocincta pinarbasiense subsp. nov. from Kayseri province in SE Central Anatolian region of Turkey. The habitus and aedeagus of the subspecies is given in the text. Its aedeagus is compared to the related taxa in the su...

In this study, material belonging to nine subfamilies of Chrysomelidae housed in the collection of Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum (NTM) (Turkey, Ankara) have been evaluated. A total of 121 species of 41 genera have been presented. Among those Smaragdina concolor concolor (Fabricius, 1792) and Podagrica malvae semirufa (Küster, 1847) are the...

A new species, Hydrothassa anatolica sp. nov., is described from Kayseri province in Turkey. For the time being, the species is endemic to the Turkey. Hydrothassa anatolica sp. nov., was compared to the related Palaearctic species in the subgenus Hydrothassa (Agrostithassa) Jakobson, 1921. It can be distinctively differentiated from these species b...

A new species, Argopus circumaedeagus sp. nov., is described from İzmir province in Turkey. For the time being, the species is endemic to the Turkey. Argopus circumaedeagus sp. nov. was compared with all European and Iranian species of Argopus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824. It can be distinctively differentiated from these species on the base of its a...

Flea beetles (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), with ~8,000 species worldwide, include pest species causing substantial economic damage to crops. The genera Phyllotreta and Chaetocnema include both pest and non-pest species. An accurate and fast taxonomic identification approach is required for discriminating among taxa for non-expert taxonomi...

Abstract Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with more than 37,000 species worldwide and about 2,300 in the Euro-Mediterranean region, are an ecological and economical relevant family, making their molecular identification of interest also in agriculture. This study, part of the Mediterranean Chrysomelidae Barcoding project (www.c-bar.org), a...

We had the opportunity to study material of the genus Aphthona (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) collected during the expedition of Ankara, Bartın, Çankırı, Kayseri and Zonguldak provinces in 2013-2017. Aphthona Chevrolat is a subcosmopolitan (except for Nearctic and Neotropical regions) and species rich genus of flea beetles. The imagoes of t...

This work is the first attempt for entire leaf-mining and tortoise beetles’ fauna of Çankırı and Kayseri provinces. All known taxa from Çankırı and Kayseri provinces are given with new faunistical data in the present text. As a result of this work, a total of 14 species of 4 genera for Hispinae and Cassidinae fauna of Çankırı province and 12 specie...

We had the opportunity to study some rare material of Alticini collected during the expedition of Çankırı province in 2013-2015. As a result of this, a total of 13 rare species belonging to 8 genera of Turkish flea beetles were determined. All species are the first record for Çankırı province. 9 species of them as Aeschrocnemis serbica (Kutschera),...

Flea beetles (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) include important economic pest species of the vegetable, industrial and other cultural crops. Due to their economic importance, an accurate and fast taxonomic identification is a crucial step and highly demanded in agricultural management particularly for morphologically hardly identifiable speci...

The following new species is described: Phyllotreta bilgeae sp.. nov. from Ankara province in Northern part of Central Anatolian Region of Turkey, close to Phyllotreta cleomica Furth, Phyllotreta sisymbrii Weise and Phyllotreta armoraciae (Koch).

Species of the genus Phyllotreta Chevrolat in Turkey are investigated and reviewed. As a result of this, Phyllotreta includes 44 species in Turkey. Phyllotreta araxicola Khnzorian is recorded for the first time from Turkey. Twenty seven species are reported with new distributional data from 16 different provinces in Turkey on the base of 2864 studi...

The following new species is described: Phyllotreta aygulae sp. nov. from Bartın province in NorthWestern part of Anatolia, close to Phyllotreta atra (Fabricius), Phyllotreta weiseana Jakobson, Phyllotreta lubischevi Lopatin and Phyllotreta annae Konstantinov.

Species of the genus Phyllotreta Chevrolat in Turkey are investigated and reviewed.As a result of this, Phyllotreta includes 44 species in Turkey. Phyllotreta araxicola Khnzorian is recorded for the first time from Turkey.Twenty seven species are reported with new distributional data from 16 different provinces in Turkey on the base of 2864 studied...

The following new species is described: Phyllotreta bilgeae sp.. nov. from Ankara province in Northern part of Central Anatolian Region of Turkey, close to Phyllotreta cleomica Furth, Phyllotreta sisymbrii Weise and Phyllotreta armoraciae (Koch).

Epitrix species in Alticini tribe are generally known as potato flea beetles in the world and they are recorded to cause damage especially in the Solanaceae family plants. While this taxon contains more than 100 species, it has 17 species in Palearctic region and 7 species in Turkey. Two species of Epitrix were determined in the studies conducted i...

This paper presents at first a short survey about the subgenera of Chrysolina in Turkey and at second a synopsis on the subgenus Paradiachalcoidea in Palaearctic region. Chrysolina palmyrensis is recorded for the second time from Turkey after Gruev & Tomov (1979). Type information of all Palaearctic taxa of the subgenus Paradiachalcoidea is provide...

This paper presents Chrysolina (Paradiachalcoidea) dohrnii (Fairmaire, 1865) from Şanlıurfa province as a new record for Turkey. Accordingly, the subgenus Paradiachalcoidea Daccordi, 1978 is a new record for Turkey too. They are discussed and photographed.