New aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) records from South Eastern Parts of Turkey

Abstract

The present study aimed to determine aphid species in South Eastern regions of Turkey. The material of this study was collected during April to October 2016. As a result of the evaluation of the samples, 110 species and 1 subspecies recorded from study area, of them 9 species and 1 subspecies are determined as new records for Turkey aphid fauna: Aphis (Aphis) cirsiphila Pashtshenko, 1992; Aphis (Aphis) sanguisorbae Schrank, 1801, Aphis (Aphis) wartenbergi (Börner, 1952), Cinara (Cinara) intermedia (Pašek, 1953), Eulachnus cembrae Börner, 1950, Lipaphis (Lipaphis) pseudobrassicae (Davis, 1914), Pseudoregma panicola (Takahashi, 1921), Schizaphis (Euschizaphis) palustris Theobald, 1929, Sitobion (Sitobion) lambersi David, 1956 and Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaema crosiphon (Hille Ris Lambers, 1939). With these new records, the number of species and subspecies of aphids in Turkey increased to 541 and 13, respectively.

Keywords

• aphid
• turkey
• hemiptera
• new record