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ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA
Acta zool. bulg., 66 (1), 2014: 133-136
*Corresponding author: gazigorur@yahoo.com
Short Communication
Introduction
Aphid species have very close relationship with their
host plants and climatic conditions have a strong ef-
fect on the distribution of aphids worldwide. Turkey
has diverse types of climatic conditions, very large
agricultural land and rich ora consisting of 12000
plant species. Therefore, it can be expected that ter-
ritory of Turkey is characterised by the presence of
many aphid species. Studies related to the Turkish
aphid fauna dated back to the begining of the 1900s.
Ca n a k C i o g l u (1975) revised all previous studies and
listed 258 aphid species. Since the 1980s, the stud-
ies of the Turkish aphid fauna have been intensied.
Du z g u n e s et al. (1982) added 3 new species and
Tu a T a y (1991, 1993) added 30 species from vari-
ous parts of Turkey to the list. Recently, the aphid
researchers added many new records to the Turkish
aphid fauna and the number of species in Turkey
increased to about 500 species (Wi o C z e r e k 2009,
ka y g i n To p e r et al. 2009, yi l D i z & To p e r ka y g i n
2010, ak y u r e k et al. 2011, go r u r et al. 2012). The
aim of the present article is to provide additional data
on the species diversity of aphids in Turkey.
Material and Methods
Samples were collected from Inner West Anatolian
Region (Kütahya, Afyon, Uşak), Inner Anatolian
Region (Nigde) and Middle Black Sea Region
(Tokat). The samples were processed in the labora-
tory based on the methods offered by Ma r T i n (1983).
Species were identied according to http:// www.
aphidsonworldsplants.info, Bl a C k M a n & ea s T o p
(2006), Qu e D n a u (1999, 2003). The taxonomic
status of the species was checked at www.faunae-
ur. org/taxon_tree.php,http://Aphid.SpeciesFile.
org. Voucher samples were stored at the Biology
Department of Nigde University.
The geographic distribution of the species is
presented after Ho l M a n (2009), http://www. aphid-
sonworldsplants. info) and Qu e D n a u (2003).
Results
As a result of the identication of the samples col-
lected from various regions of Turkey, eight aphid
species belonging to the family Aphididae and one
species belonging to the family Adelgidae have been
New Records for the Aphid Fauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea)
of Turkey
Özhan Şenol, Hayal Akyıldırım, Gazi Görür*, Emin Demirtaş
Niğde University, Science and Arts Faculty, Department of Biology, 51100 Niğde, Turkey
Abstract: Nine aphid species are recorded for the rst time for the aphid fauna of Turkey. Samples originate from In-
ner West Anatolian, Central Anatolian and Middle Black Sea Regions of Turkey. The species recorded are
Cinara piniphila (Ratzeburg, 1844), Eulachnus tauricus Bozhko, 1961, Monaphis antennata (Kaltenbach,
1843), Pemphigus phenax Borner & Blunck, 1916, Pineus pineoides (Cholodkovsky, 1903), Stomaphis
brastislavensis Czylok & Blackman, 1991, Thelaxes valtodoresi Remaudière, 1982, Therioaphis subalba
Borner, 1949 and Thoracaphis ava Takahashi, 1950.
Key words: Aphidoidea, Turkey, new records
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Şenol Ö., H. Akyıldırım, G. Görür*, E. Demirtaş
identied. All these are new records for the Turkish
aphid fauna. General features, host plants and data
about their general distribution are presented below.
Family Adelgidae
Pineus pineoides (CH o l o D k o v s k y , 1903)
Material examined: 2 samples on Abies
sp. from Kütahya-Dumlupınar (12.VI.2012,
25.VII.2012), feeding on the crevasse of the crust on
the trunk, they almost covered the whole trunk as a
small white patch.
Distribution: Europe, Canada, Australia.
Family Aphididae
Subfamily Hormaphidinae
Thoracaphis ava Ta k a H a s H i , 1950
Material examined: 3 samples on Quercus sp.
from Kütahya-Tavşanlı, Kütahya-Tavşanlı-Göbel,
and Kütahya (25.VIII.2012). Very small and orange-
coloured individuals feeding on the undersides of
the leaves. They remained stuck to the leaves, even
when dead.
Distribution: It is only recorded from Malaya.
Subfamily Lachninae
Cinara piniphila (ra T z e B u r g , 1844)
Material examined: 2 samples on Pinus sp.
from Afyon-Sultandağı (6.VI.2012); they were gen-
erally feeding on the base of the immature cones and
also on the base of the newly grown needles.
Distribution: Almost all parts of Europe; re-
corded also from China.
Eulachnus tauricus Bo z H k o , 1961
Material examined: 2 samples on Pinus sp.
from Afyonkarahisar-Bolvadin (07.VI.2012) and
Afyonkarahisar-Sinanpaşa (14.VI.2012), feeding
on needles in groups; they became very active when
they were disturbed.
Distribution: Most parts of the Europe.
Stomaphis brastislavensis Cz y l o k &
Bl a C k M a n , 1991
Material examined: 3 samples on trunk of
Quercus sp. from Kütahya-Gediz (26.VII.2012),
from Afyonkarahisar-Hocalar (Sandıklı road)
(09.X. 2012), and Kütahya-Gediz (Muratdağı road)
(08.X.2012), feeding on the big crevasse of the crust
on the trunk, heavily occupied by ants. Individuals
were shiny black-brownish, their rostrum was about
twice longer than body length and therefore samples
were hardly collected from the feeding site.
Distribution: Bulgaria, Slovakia.
Subfamily Calaphidinae
Monaphis antennata (ka l T e n B a C H , 1843)
Material examined: 1 sample on Betula sp.
from Tokat City centre (17.VII.2011). All individu-
als were alatae and heavily colonized the leaves of
the tree.
Distribution: Widespread in Europe and Asia;
recently recorded from America.
Therioaphis subalba Bo r n e r , 1949
Material examined: 1 sample on Trifolium
sp. from Afyonkarahisar-Hocalar (12.VI.2012); pale
yellow individuals feeding on the undersides of the
leaves as a small colony.
Distribution: North and Central Europe; re-
corded also in Korea.
Subfamily Eriosomatinae
Slavum esfandiarii Da v a T C H i & re M a u D i è r e ,
1957
Material examined: 2 samples on Pistacia
sp. from Afyonkarahisar-Çay (07.VI.2012) and
Afyonkarahisar-Eber (08.VI.2012). They caused
coral-like gall formation on the twigs of Pistacia sp.;
the galls were green at the beginning of the forma-
tion and became reddish when mature.
Distribution: It was recorded only from Iran.
Pemphigus phenax Bö r n e r & Bl u n C k , 1916
Material examined: 1 sample on Populus
sp. from Niğde City centre and University Campus
(5.VII.2011), feeding on the trunk of Populus spp.
and heavily colonized almost the whole parts of the
trunk.
Distribution: Almost all parts of Europe and
some parts of Asia.
Discussion
The present study added 9 new records to the aphid
fauna of Turkey. With these new additions, the
Turkish aphid fauna now consists of more than 500
species. Despite the rich ora (31% of endemic
plants for the Turkish ora), various climatic condi-
tions, indigenous geographic characteristics and the
considerable number of agricultural plants in Turkey,
studies of the Turkish aphid fauna are limited. It is
expected that further studies will reveal additional
aphid species new to the Turkish fauna.
Acknowledgement: Authors thank to the Turkish Scientic
Council (TUBITAK-Project number 111T866) for supporting a
greater part of this study.
New Records for the Aphid Fauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of Turkey
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