Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences (Jun 2017)

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APHIDIINAE (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) FAUNA OF TURKEY WITH NEW RECORDS

  • Serdar Akar,
  • Özlem Çetin Erdoğan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.23902/trkjnat.282623
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 89 – 96

Abstract

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Samples were collected from eight different habitats by using either a sweeping-net and Malesian trap in Edirne province of European Turkey in the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 2014. A total of six genera and 27 species have been identified. Of these, nine species (Aphidius eadyi Starý, Gonzales amp; Hall, 1980, A. rosae Haliday, 1834, A. picipes (Nees, 1811), Binodoxys acalephae (Haliday, 1833), Ephedrus persicae Frogatt, 1904, Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay amp; Eady, 1978, Praon abjectum (Haliday, 1833), P. pubescens Starý, 1961, P. yomenae Takada, 1968) are new records for the Edirne Aphidiinae fauna and seven of them (Aphidius smithii Sharma amp; Subba Rao, 1959, A. microlophii Pennachio amp; Tremblay, 1987, Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri Mackauer, 1960, Praon athenaeum Kavallieratos amp; Lykouressis, 2000, P. flavinode (Haliday, 1833), P. nonveilleri Tomanović amp; Kavallieratos, 2003, P. uroleucon Tomanović amp; Kavallieratos, 2003) are new records for Turkish Aphidiinae fauna.

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