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SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION INSECT FAUNA I (COLEOPTERA I: CARABOIDEA; DYTISCOIDEA; BOSTRICHOIDEA; CHRYSOMELOIDEA; CLEROIDEA; CUCUJOIDEA) OF TURKEY

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The aim of this study was to determine Insect fauna Southeastern Anatolia Region. Surveys on insect species in various ecologies have been conducted in the provinces (Adıyaman, Batman, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak) of Southeastern Anatolia region between the years 1948-2013. Almost 2600 species and subspecies among 180 families belonging to 13 insect orders are defined owing to these studies. Coleoptera species formed about 20% of the collected insects. Coleoptera included 32 families were recorded. During this study totally 268 species were found in 13 families and in 6 superfamilies of Coleoptera. Those superfamilies are Caraboidea, Dytiscoidea, Bostrichoidea, Chrysomeloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. The distribution of determined insect types according to the provinces, plant hosting and feeding type is also done. Information about their identification, host plants, and distribution in Southeastern Anatolia Region was presented as detailed.
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Agriculture & Forestry, Vol. 62 Issue 4: 125-145, 2016, Podgorica
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DOI: 10.17707/AgricultForest.62.4.16
Halil BOLU
1
SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION INSECT FAUNA I
(COLEOPTERA I: CARABOIDEA; DYTISCOIDEA; BOSTRICHOIDEA;
CHRYSOMELOIDEA; CLEROIDEA; CUCUJOIDEA) OF TURKEY
SUMMARY
The aim of this study was to determine Insect fauna Southeastern Anatolia
Region. Surveys on insect species in various ecologies have been conducted in
the provinces (Adıyaman, Batman, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt,
Şanlıurfa, Şırnak) of Southeastern Anatolia region between the years 1948-2013.
Almost 2600 species and subspecies among 180 families belonging to 13 insect
orders are defined owing to these studies. Coleoptera species formed about 20%
of the collected insects. Coleoptera included 32 families were recorded. During
this study totally 268 species were found in 13 families and in 6 superfamilies of
Coleoptera. Those superfamilies are Caraboidea, Dytiscoidea, Bostrichoidea,
Chrysomeloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. The distribution of determined
insect types according to the provinces, plant hosting and feeding type is also
done. Information about their identification, host plants, and distribution in
Southeastern Anatolia Region was presented as detailed.
Keywords: Southeastern Anatolia Region, Insect Fauna, Coleoptera,
Turkey. INTRODUCTION
Insects (Insecta) are the most numerous group of animals in the world,
with over one million species that have been described (Price, 1997). Insects are
difficult to study because they represent the most species-rich, yet one of the least
known, of all taxa of living organisms, a problem that is compounded by a dearth
of skilled entomologists. Although the number of described insect species is
uncertain due to synonyms and the lack of a global list, most authorities
recognize 9000001000000 named morpho-species, representing 56% of all
species known on Earth (Groombridge, 1992; Anonymous, 2003). Sensible
estimates of the number of insects yet to be discovered range from another 1
million to 30 million species (Erwin, 1982; 1991), although most predict around
28 million more species (May, 1990; Gaston, 1991; Stork, 1997; Ødegaard,
2000). Conservative estimates suggest that 5090% of the existing insect species
on Earth have still to be discovered, yet the named insects alone comprise more
than half of all known species of organism.
Insects constitute the most diverse form of animal life in terrestrial
ecosystems. Most species are innocuous and essential components of natural
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Halil Bolu, (corresponding author: besni@dicle.edu.tr) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of
Agriculture, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, TURKEY.
Notes: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Authorship Form signed online.
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ecosystems. Because they are cold-blooded, the rates of key physiological
processes in their life cycles are determined by environmental conditions,
especially temperature and precipitation. In general they have short generation
times, high fecundity and high mobility (Moore and Allard, 2008). Turkey in fact
seems to be like a small continent in terms of biological diversity. Despite the
Anatolia is not a continent alone, it contains all properties of a continent that
should have an ecosystem and habitat. Each of seven geographical regions in
Turkey has a distinguishable climate, flora and fauna. The aim of this study is to
make contribution to some faunistical records of Coleoptera of the Southeastern
Anatolia Region of Turkey.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Southeastern Anatolia Region (Adıyaman, Batman, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak) entomology studies on insect species in different
ecological provinces were made between the years 1948-2013 (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Sampling localities in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey
In this study, we prepared for the inventory has reached the major
advantage of the waterways:
-Currently in Turkey, published or unpublished entomology journals
related to scanning,
-Giving more weight to faunistic studies, and in the meantime, the insect
fauna of our country foreign scientific journals that publishes articles about
scanning,
-Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Science and Regional Plant Protection
Research Institute in the library of books on insect fauna and the screening of the
booklet,
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-The doctor and the master's thesis of entomology in the region on the
scanning,
-Review of other studies on the insect fauna in the area.
In this study, we evaluated the information as described above were
obtained.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Surveys on insect species in various ecologies have been conducted in the
provinces (adiyaman, batman, gaziantep, diyarbakir, mardin, siirt, şanliurfa,
şirnak) of southeastern anatolia region between the years 1948-2013. Almost
2600 species and subspecies almost 180 families belonging to 13 insect orders
are defined owing to these studies. During this study totally 268 species were
found in 13 families and in 6 superfamilies of coleoptera. Those superfamilies
are caraboidea, dytiscoidea, bostrichoidea, chrysomeloidea, cleroidea and
cucujoidea. The number and percentages of the species of the families are given
on Table 1.
Table 1. Number of species of order Coleoptera on Southeastern Anatolia Region
Superfamily
Family
Number Species
%
Caraboidea
Carabidae
18
6,71
Cicindellidae
6
2,23
Dytiscoidea
Dytiscidae
1
0,37
Bostrichoidea
Bostrichidae
3
1,12
Dermestidae
9
3,36
Chrysomeloidea
Cerambycidae
60
22,39
Chrysomelidae
82
30,60
Bruchidae
17
6,34
Cleroidea
Trogossitidae
1
0,37
Cucujoidea
Coccinellidae
66
24,63
Nitidulidae
2
0,75
Phalacridae
2
0,75
Silvanidae
1
0,37
Total
13
268
100,0
The distribution of insect species in the Southeastern Anatolia Region as a
result of studies carried out in different provinces ecology, information on the
host status and feeding has been given below.
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Superfamily Caraboidea
Family Carabidae
Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Karacadağ
mountain
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Amara (Amara) eurynota (Panzer, 1797), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Chlaenius festivus (Panzer, 1796), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Corsyra fusula (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Daptus vittatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Harpalus sp. nr.aeneus F., Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Karacadağ
mountain
Harpalus sp. nr.distinguendus, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Harpalus (Harpalus) distinguendus distinguengus (Duftschmid, 1812),
Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Harpalus (harpallophanus) haspesarmenus Schaubeger, 1926, Distribution:
Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
Harpalus saxicola Dejean, 1829, Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Harpalus (s.str.) serripes (Quensel, 1806), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Pseudoophonus rufipes (De Geer, 1774), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Parazuphium chevrolati (Castelnau, 1833), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: unknown
Zabrus blapoides Creutz, 1799, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: unknown
Zabrus ruqulosus Kraatz, 1884, Distribution: Siirt Host plant: unknown
Zabrus sp. nr. socialis Sch., Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Karacadağ
mountain
Zabrus spinipes (Fabricius, 1798), Distribution: Batman, Diyarbakır, Siirt Host
plant: unknown
Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Family Cicindellidae
Cicindella campestris Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Cicindela herbacea Klug, 1832, Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Calomera fischeri fischeri (Adams, 1817), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep,
Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: unknown
Homodela ismenia kilikiensis (Mandl, 1961), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep
Host plant: unknown
Lophyridia fischeri (Adams, 1817), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Mardin,
Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: unknown
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Lophyridia littoralis (Mandl, 1967), Distribution: Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host
plant: unknown
Superfamily Dytiscoidea
Family Dytiscidae
Deronectes evelynae Fery and Hosseinie, 1998, Distribution: Adıyaman,
Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Bostrichidae
Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Triticum spp., Flour, Storage pest
Sinoxylon sexdentatum (Olivier, 1790), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Stenomera assyrica Lesne, 1895, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Mardin, Siirt,
Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Family Dermestidae
Attagenus (s.str.) orientalis Reitter in Schneider et Leder, 1878, Distribution:
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Fruit, Pistacia vera L.
Attagenus (s.str.) quadrimaculatus Kraatz, 1858, Distribution: Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Anthrenus (s.str.) delicatus Kiesenwetter, 1851, Distribution: Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Anthrenus (s.str.) rotundulus rotundulus Reitter, 1889, Distribution: Gaziantep
Host plant: unknown
Anthrenus (s.str.) simonis Reitter, 1881, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
Light trap
Anthrenus (Nathrenus) pubifer Reitter, 1899, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Siirt Host
plant: unknown
Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Host plant: Amygdalus
communis L., Cucurbita spp.
Trogoderma granarium Everts, 1898, Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Storage pests,
Cucurbita spp.
Trogoderma versicolor (Creutzer, 1799), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
Zea mays L. Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
Family Cerambycidae
Agapanthia dahli (Richter, 1821), Distribution: Gaziantep, Siirt Host plant:
unknown
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Agapanthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1767), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Siirt Host plant:
unknown
Agapanthia (s.str) lais Reiche & Saulcy, 1858, Distribution: Mardin Host plant:
unknown
Agapanthia kirbyi (Gyllenhal, 1817), Distribution: Siirt Host plant: unknown
Agapanthia walteri Reitter, 1898, Distribution: Mardin Host plant: unknown
Arhopalus syriacus (Reitter, 1895), Distribution: Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa Host plant:
unknown
Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Blepisanis vittipennis (Reiche, 1877), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Calamobius filum (Rossi, 1790), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Calchaenesthes oblongomaculata (Guerin 1844), Distribution: Adıyaman,
Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Callimellum angulatum (Schrank, 1789), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Cardoria scutellata (Fabricius, 1792), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Cerambyx dux (Faldermann, 1837), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Adıyaman, Şırnak Host plant:
unknown
Cerambyx nodulosus Germar, 1817, Distribution: Adıyaman, Mardin Host plant:
unknown
Certallum ebulinum (Linnaeus, 1767), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Şanlıurfa Host plant: unknown
Chlorophorus hungaricus Seidlitz, 1891, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Chlorophorus sartor (Müller, 1766), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Chlorophorus varius (Müller, 1766), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Fruit, Vitis spp.
Chlorophorus varius damascenus (Chevrolat, 1854), Distribution: Diyarbakır
Host plant: Prunus persica (L.)
Clytus rhamni Germar, 1817 Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host plant:
Amygdalus communis L.
Coptosia bithyniensis (Ganglbauer, 1884), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır
Host plant: unknown
Coptosia compacta (Ménétries, 1832), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Cortodera colchica Reitter, 1890, Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
Dorcadion cinerarium (Fabricius, 1787), Distribution: Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa Host
plant: unknown
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Dorcadion formosum Kraatz, 1870, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Dorcadion lameeri Théry, 1896, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Dorcadion septemlineatum Waltl, 1838, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Dorcadion infernale Mulsant & Rey 1863, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Helladia armeniaca Frivaldsky, 1878, Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Helladia humeralis (Waltl, 1838), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Helladia millefolii (Adams, 1817), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
Lampropterus femoratus (Germar, 1824), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Mallosia herminae Reitter, 1890, Distribution: Şırnak Host plant: unknown
Musaria puncticollis (Faldermann, 1837), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Neomusaria balcanica (Frivaldsky, 1835), Distribution: Mardin Host plant:
unknown
Neoplagionotus bobelayei (Brullé, 1832), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır
Host plant: unknown
Oberea oculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman, Şanlıurfa Host plant:
unknown
Opsilia coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Osphranteria coerulescens Redtenbacher, 1850, Distribution: Adıyaman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Malus domestica Borkh., Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus avium L., Vicia sativa
L., Prunus persica (L.), Pistacia vera L., Prunus domestica L.,
Oxylia argentata (Ménétriés, 1832), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Siirt
Host plant: unknown
Oxylia languida Mulsant, 1862, Distribution: Siirt Host plant: unknown
Pachytodes erraticus (Dalman, 1817), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Paraplagionotus floralis (Pallas, 1773), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Phytoecia geniculata Mulsant, 1862, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Phytoecia puncticollis Faldermann, 1837, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Phytoecia virgula (Charpentier, 1825), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Pilemia annulata (Hampe, 1852), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
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Pilemia hirsutula (Frölich, 1793), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Plagionotus floralis (Pallas, 1773), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: Trifolium
Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius, 1776), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Siirt
Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Ropalopus clavipes (Fabricius, 1775), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Stenopterus kraatzi (Pic, 1892), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant: unknown
Stenopterus rufus (Linnaeus, 1767), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Stenurella bifasciata (O.F. Müller, 1776), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Stictoleptura cordigera (Füssli, 1775), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Stictoleptura tripartita (Heyden, 1889), Distribution: Adıyaman Host plant:
unknown
Stromatium unicolor (Olivier, 1795), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown Family Chrysomelidae
Altica deserticola (Weise, 1889), Distribution: Batman Host plant: unknown
Antipus macropus (Illiger, 1800), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Siirt Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Aphthona atrocaerulea (Stephens, 1831), Distribution: Mardin, Siirt Host plant:
unknown
Aphthona franzi Heikertinger, 1944, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Aphthona flaviceps Allard, 1859, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia
vera L.
Aphthona gracilis Fadermann, 1837, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Aphthona maculata Allard, 1876, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia
vera L.
Aphthona semicyanea melanopeza Jacob, 1900-1901, Distribution: Diyarbakır
Host plant: unknown
Cassida sp., Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Cassida brevis Weise, 1884, Distribution: Siirt Host plant: unknown
Cassida linnavuorii Borowiec, 1986, Distribution: Mardin Host plant: unknown
Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host plant:
Amygdalus communis L.
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Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Cassida pannonica Suffrian, 1844, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: unknown
Cassida prasina Illiger, 1798, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: unknown
Cassida saucia Weise, 1889, Distribution: Batman, Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Cassida subferruginea Schrank, 1776, Distribution: Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant:
unknown
Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa Host plant:
unknown
Chaetocnema montenegrina Heikertinger, 1912, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Cheilotoma musciformis (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Chrysolina polita (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Mardin Host plant: unknown
Chrysolina chalcites (Germar, 1824), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Chrysolina sahlbergi (Ménétriés, 1832), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Chrysomelina chalcites (Germar, 1824), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Cryptocephalus duplicatus Suffrian, 1847, Distribution: Siirt Host plant:
unknown
Cryptocephalus moraei (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Cryptocephalus octacosmus Bedel, 1891, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: unknown
Clytra cingulata Weise, 1898, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep Host plant:
unknown
Clytra bodemeyeri Weise, 1900, Distribution: Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt Host
plant: unknown
Clytra novempunctata Olivier, 1808, Distribution: Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt Host
plant: unknown
Colaphellus sophiae (Schaller, 1783), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Coptocephala gebleri Gebler, 1841, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Cyaniris limbata Steven, 1806, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin,
Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: unknown
Cyaniris viridana Lacordaire, 1848, Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Entomoscelis adonidis (Pallas, 1771), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
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Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer, 1847), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Exosome thoracica Rdt., Distribution: Şanlıurfa Host plant: unknown
Galeruca interrupta Illiger, 1802, Distribution: Mardin Host plant: Prunus avium
L.
Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Gynandrophtalma limbata Steven, 1806, Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Gynandrophtalma viridana Lacordaire, 1848, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Vitis spp.
Gonioctena fornicata (Brüggemann, 1873), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: unknown
Hermaeophaga ruficollis (Lucas, 1849), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Hispa atra Linnaeus, 1767, Distribution: Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Siirt
Host plant: unknown
Labidostomis asiatica Faldermann, 1837, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep
Host plant: unknown
Labidostomis brevipennis Faldermann, 1837, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Labidostomis cyanicornis Germar, 1822, Distribution: Siirt Host plant: unknown
Labidostomis decipiens Faldermann, 1837, Distribution: Şanlıurfa Host plant:
unknown
Labidostomis longimana (Linnaeus, 1761), Distribution: Siirt Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Labidostomis mesopotamica Heyden, 1886, Distribution: Mardin Host plant:
unknown
Labidostomis oertzeni Weise, 1889, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt Host
plant: unknown
Labidostomis propinqua Faldermann, 1837, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Lema melanopa Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Siirt Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus sp., Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Longitarsus albineus (Foudras, 1860), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus alfierii Pic 1923, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia vera
L.
Longitarsus anchusae (Paykull, 1799), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus dichrous Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1962, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host
plant: unknown
Longitarsus fallax Weise, 1888, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: unknown
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Longitarsus ganglbaueri Heikertinger, 1912, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus lycopi (Foudras, 1860), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus parvulus (Paykull, 1799), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Longitarsus salviae Gruev, 1975, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia
vera L.
Longitarsus suturellus (Duftschmid, 1825), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa
Host plant: unknown
Longitarsus ochroleucus (Marsham, 1802), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Oulema melanopa (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Mardin Host plant: Prunus
avium L.
Pachybrachis fimbriolatus (Suffrian, 1848), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Phaedon cochleariae (Fabricius, 1792), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Phratora vitellinae (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: unknown
Phyllotreta corrugata Reiche, 1858, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep Host
plant: unknown
Phytodecta fornicatus Brüggem, 1873, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Host plant: Amygdalus
communis L., Avena sativa L.
Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting, 1781), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: unknown
Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: unknown
Psylliodes anatolica Gök & Çilbiroğlu, 2004, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host
plant: Pistacia vera L.
Psylliodes hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Psylliodes sophiae Heikertinger, 1914, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Rhaphidopalpa foveicollis Lucas, 1849, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Host plant: Amygdalus
communis L., Avena sativa L.
Smaragdina limbata (Steven, 1806), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host plant:
Amygdalus communis L., Prunus avium L.
Smaragdina scutellaris (Lefevre, 1872), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Smaragdina unipunctata (Olivier, 1808), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep,
Mardin, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Prunus avium L.
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Smaragdina viridana (Lacordaire, 1848), Distribution: Mardin Host plant:
Prunus avium L. Family Bruchidae
Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: unknown
Bruchus ervi Frölich, 1799, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin,
Şanlıurfa Host plant: Lens culinaris Medik.
Bruchus dentipes (Baudi, 1886), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region Host
plant: unknown
Bruchus lentis Frölich, 1799, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant: Lens culinaris
Medik.
Bruchus nubilus (Boheman, 1833), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage crops
Bruchus tetragonus (Baudi, 1886), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Bruchus tristis Bohemann, 1833, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage crops
Bruchus ulicis Mulsant & Rey, 1858, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage
crops
Bruchidius albopictus (Allard, 1883), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Bruchidius anobioides (Baudi, 1886), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown
Bruchidius bimaculatus (Olivier, 1795), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage
crops
Bruchidius fulvus (Allard, 1883), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Licorice
Bruchidius foveolatus (Gyllenhal, 1833), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: unknown
Bruchidius trifolii (Motschulsky, 1873), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: unknown
Bruchidius quinqueguttatus (Olivier, 1795), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage
crops
Caryedon palestinicus Southgate, 1979, Distribution: Şanlıurfa Host plant: Light
trap
Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Legumes and forage
crops.
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Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Trogossitidae
Tenebroides mauritanicus Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., the pests of flour,
Cucurbita spp.
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Coccinellidae
Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.,
Gossypium hirsitum L., Zea mays L. Host insect: Aphididae, Coccoidea
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L. Host insect: Aphididae, Coccoidea
Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei (Mulsant, 1866), Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Mardin Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Aphididae, Coccoidea
Adonia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Host plant: Zea mays L., Gossypium
hirsitum L., Olea europaea L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables Host insect:
Polyphagous, Aphididae, Coccoidea
Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Gaziantep,
Mardin, Siirt Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Prunus avium L., Pistacia
vera L. Host insect: Coccoidea
Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794), Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant:
unknown
Coccinella conglobata Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Gaziantep Host plant:
Pistacia vera L.
Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Şırnak Host plant: Trifolium,
Amygdalus communis L., Prunus avium L., Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum L.,
Olea europaea L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Trifolium, Amygdalus
communis L., Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum L., Olea europaea L., Pistacia
vera L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Coccinula sinuatomarginata (Faldermann, 1837), Distribution: Southeastern
Anatolia Region Host plant: unknown
Coccinella quatuordecimpustulata Linnaeus, 1758, Distribution: Southeastern
Anatolia Region Host plant: unknown
Exochomus flavipes (Thunberg, 1781), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: unknown
Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Trifolium, Amygdalus
communis L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
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Exochomus pubescens Küster, 1848, Distribution: Şanlıurfa Host plant:
Trifolium,
Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei Mulsant, 1866, Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Mardin Host plant: Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Aphididae, Coccoidea
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: Amygdalus communis L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Henosepilachna argus (Geoffroy, 1762), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Henosepilachna elaterii Rossi, 1794, Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin,
Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Pistacia vera L., Host insect:
Polyphagous
Hyperaspis femorata (Motschulsky, 1837), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Hypraspis quadrimaculata Redtenbacher, 1843, Distribution: Adıyaman,
Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus
communis L., Cicer arietinum L., Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum L., Lens
culinaris, Pistacia vera L., Cucumis melo L., Citrillus lanatus L., Host insect:
Polyphagous
Hyperaspis repensis (Herbst, 1783), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Hyperaspis polita Weise, 1885, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa Host plant:
Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Myrrha octodecimquttata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin
Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Myzia oblongoquttata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Nephus (Sidis) caneparii Fürsch &Uygun, 1980, Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Mardin Host plant: Amygdalus communis L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Nephus (Sidis) hiekei (Fursch, 1965), Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep,
Mardin, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Olea europaea L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Nephus includens Kirsch, 1870, Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region Host
plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Nephus ludyi Weise, 1879, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L. Host insect:
Polyphagous
Nephus nigricans Weise, 1879, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Cicer
arietinum L., Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum L., Lens culinaris L., Cucumis
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melo L., Olea europaea L., Pistacia vera L., Trifolium, Vegetables, Vitis spp.,
Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Nephus quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Zea
mays L., Pistacia vera L., Prunus avium L., Alfalfa Host insect: Polyphagous
Oenopia oncina (Olivier, 1808) Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L., Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Pharoscymnus numidicus (Pic, 1900), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L., Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Pharoscymnus pharoides (Marseul, 1868), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin,
Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Vegetables Host insect:
Polyphagous
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Şanlıurfa Host plant: Punica granatum L., Vegetables, Host insect: Polyphagous
Psyllobora bisoctonotata (Mulsant, 1850), Distribution: Mardin Host plant:
Prunus avium L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis L., Alfalfa Host insect:
Polyphagous
Rodolia cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: unknown Host insect: unknown
Scymnus apetzi Mulsant, 1846, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Gossypium hirsitum L., Olea
europaea L., Pistacia vera L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus (Pullus) araraticus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1969, Distribution: Adıyaman,
Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus
communis L., Zea mays L., Olea europaea L., Punica granatum L., Pistacia vera
L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus (Pullus) auritus Thunberg, 1795, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus bivulnerus Capra & Fürsch, 1967, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Cucumis melo L.,
Avena sativa L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables, Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect:
Polyphagous
Scymnus flagellisiphonatus (Fürsch, 1970), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Pistacia vera L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Bolu
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Scymnus flavicollis Redtenbacher, 1843, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum
L., Vegetables Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus frontalis Fabricius, 1787, Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia Region
Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus inderihensis Mulsant, 1850, Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin, Şanlıurfa
Host plant: Avena sativa L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus interruptus (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Mardin,
Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Gossypium hirsitum L., Vegetables Host insect:
Polyphagous
Scymnus levaillantii Mulsant, 1850, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum
L., Avena sativa L., Punica granatum L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus marginalis (Rossi, 1794), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa Host
plant: Vegetables, Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus mediterraneus Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1972, Distribution: Diyarbakır,
Mardin Host plant: Unknown Host insect: unknown
Scymnus nigrinus Kugelann, 1794, Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Cucumis
melo L., Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus pallipediformis Günther, 1958, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Zea mays L., Cucumis melo L., Pistacia vera L., Punica granatum L., Alfalfa,
Vegetables, Vitis spp., Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus rubromaculatus (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Zea mays L., Cucumis melo L., Alfalfa,
Punica granatum L., Vegetables, Vitis spp., Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect:
Polyphagous
Scymnus suturalis Thunberg, 1795, Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L., Host insect:
Polyphagous
Scymnus subvillosus (Goeze, 1777), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Zea mays L., Pistacia vera L., Alfalfa, Vegetables, Vitis spp., Prunus avium
L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus syriacus (Marseul, 1868), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman, Diyarbakır,
Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Pistacia vera L., Prunus avium L.
Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus quadriguttatus Fursch & Kreissl 1971, Distribution: Adıyaman,
Batman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Prunus
avium L., Cucumis melo L., Pistacia vera L., Punica granatum L., Vegetables,
Vitis spp., Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Scymnus quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783) Distribution: Adıyaman, Gaziantep,
Mardin, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Olea europaea L. Host insect: Polyphagous
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Coccinella undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758 Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant, 1850), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Amygdalus communis
L., Zea mays L., Gossypium hirsitum L., Olea europaea L., Pistacia vera L.,
Alfalfa, Vegetables, Vitis spp., Citrillus lanatus L. Host insect: Polyphagous
Stethorus punctillum (Weise, 1891), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Gossypium hirsitum
L., Pistacia vera L., Host insect: Polyphagous
Synharmonia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman, Batman,
Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa Host plant: Olea europaea L.,
Pistacia vera L., Punica granatum L., Alfalfa, Vegetables, Host insect:
Polyphagous
Tea vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous
Vibidia duodecimguttata (Poda, 1761), Distribution: Southeastern Anatolia
Region Host plant: Unknown Host insect: Polyphagous.
Family Nitidulidae
Cybocephalus fodori minor (Endrödy-Younga, 1965), Distribution: Mardin, Siirt
Host plant: Vitis spp.
Cybocaphalus sp., Distribution: Diyarbakır Host plant: Pistacia vera L.
Family Phalacridae
Olibrus flaviZea mays L.is (Sturm, 1807), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin, Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Stilbus apicalis (Melsheimer, 1844), Distribution: Diyarbakır, Mardin, Host
plant: Amygdalus communis L.
Family Silvanidae
Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758), Distribution: Adıyaman,
Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Host plant: Amygdalus communis L.,
Storage pests, the pests of flour, Cucurbita spp.
CONLUSIONS
The aim of this study is to make contribution to some faunistical records
of Coleoptera of the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. This region has
different climatic conditions and contains different habitats. Coleoptera contains
both important phytophagous and also zoophagous insects.
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