Abdullah Çakir's scientific contributions

Lepidogma wiltshirei Amsel, 1949 is new discovered in the Turkish fauna. The female genitalia of the species are described for the first time, the male genitalia are re-described and, the pictures of the species are illustrated. Un nuevo registro del género Lepidogma Meyrick, 1890 de Turquía con descripción de la genitalia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) Resumen Lepidogma wiltshirei Amsel, 1949 es nuevo descubrimiento in la fauna turca. Se describe, por primera vez, la genitalia de la hembra, la genitalia del macho se redescribe y se ilustran las imágenes de la especie.

In this study, Geometridae samples collected from Şırnak province are evaluated. In total, 21 species are determined and, 15 of them are identified as new record for the area. Synonyms and examined samples of each species are presented.

This paper is conducted on the Geometridae fauna of Maden district (Elazığ). In total, 87 species were diagnosed in 47 genera of 6 subfamilies. All of the determined species are new record for the research area and also 82 of the species are new record for Elazığ province. And, second location records of endemic Idaea consociata (Staudinger, 1900), Gnophos sacraria (Staudinger, 1895) and Wehrliola inexpectata (Kemal & Uçak, 2018) species are given from the study area.

In this study, Geometridae samples collected from Şırnak province are evaluated. In total, 21 species are determined and, 15 of them are identified as new record for the area. Synonyms and examined samples of each species are presented. ÖZET Bu çalışmada, Şırnak ilinden toplanan Geometridae örnekleri değerlendirilmiştir. Toplamda, 21 tür saptanmıştır ve bunlardan 15'i alan için yeni kayıt olarak belirlenmiştir. Her türün sinonimleri ve incelenen örnekleri sunulmuştur.

This study contributes to the Heterocera fauna of eastern Turkey. The paper presents a faunal list of 208 moth species belonging to 15 families, Arctiidae, Ctenuchidae, Cossidae, Drepanidae, Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Psychidae, Pyralidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyatiridae and Zygaenidae from Maden district of Elazığ Province. Among these moths, 150 species are recorded for the first time in Elazığ Province.The moth fauna of Turkey is represented by 5158 species in 67 families (Koçak & Kemal, 2018). Information on the Turkish Lepidoptera fauna mostly based on the taxonomic and faunistic investigations. However, significant studies have been conducted in terms of finding out of the Turkish moth fauna. In this respect, examined and evaluated articles on the Heterocera fauna of Turkey and in point of the research region, are as follows: Staudinger .