Contributions to the Aphid Fauna of Türkiye from the Thracian Region

Year 2025, Volume: 56 Issue: 2, 174 - 179, 29.05.2025

Gizem Başer , Özhan Şenol , Gazi Görür , Hayal Akyıldırım Beğen

https://doi.org/10.17097/agricultureatauni.1675530

Abstract

Aphids are obligatory phytophagous insects specific to the host plant. The aphids have attracted the attention of researchers because of their increasing damage levels due to their invasion of new host plants and new regions. The study was conducted in Kırklareli, Tekirdağ and Istanbul provices from July to November 2024. Some important distinguishing characters were measured for the identification of the samples. As a result of this study, nine aphid species, Aphis (Aphis) eupatorii Passerini, 1863; Aphis (Aphis) parietariae Theobald, 1923; Capitophorus mitegoni Eastop, 1956; Dysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculi (Kaltenbach, 1843); Illinoia (Illinoia) liriodendri (Monell, 1879; Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) asteris (Walker, 1849); Protaphis carthami (Das, 1918); Tiliaphis shinae (Shinji, 1924) and Yamatochaitophorus yichunensis Jiang, Chen & Qiao, 2016 were added to the Türkiye aphid fauna and the number of listed species increased to 685. However, the detection of A. (A.) eupatorii on the host plant Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson were observed for the first time in this study.

Keywords

Aphid , New host plant , New record , Thracian , Türkiye

Ethical Statement

Since insects are used, ethics committee approval is not required.

Supporting Institution

Supported by the Scientific Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under project number 124Z069.

Project Number

TUBITAK 124Z069

Thanks

Authors thank to the Turkish Scientific Council (TUBITAK, Project Number 124Z069) for funding.

Trakya Bölgesinden Türkiye’nin Yaprak Biti Faunasına Katkılar

Abstract

Yaprak bitleri, konak bitkiye özgü zorunlu fitofag böceklerdir. Yaprak bitleri, yeni konak bitkileri ve yeni bölgeleri istila etmelerinden dolayı zarar seviyeleri giderek arttığından araştırmacıların ilgisini çekmiştir. Çalışma Temmuz-Kasım 2024 tarihleri arasında Kırklareli, Tekirdağ ve İstanbul illerinde yürütülmüştür. Örneklerin tanımlanması için bazı önemli ayırt edici karakterler ölçülmüştür. Bu çalışma sonucunda dokuz yaprak biti türü, Aphis (Aphis) eupatorii Passerini, 1863; Aphis (Aphis) parietariae Theobald, 1923; Capitophorus mitegoni Eastop, 1956; Dysaphis (Dysaphis) ranunculi (Kaltenbach, 1843); Illinoia (Illinoia) liriodendri (Monell, 1879); Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) asteris (Walker, 1849); Protaphis carthami (Das, 1918); Tiliaphis shinae (Shinji, 1924) ve Yamatochaitophorus yichunensis Jiang, Chen & Qiao, 2016 Türkiye yaprak biti faunasına eklenmiş ve listelenen tür sayısı 685'e yükselmiştir. Ek olarak, konak bitki Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson üzerinde A. (A.) eupatorii'nin tespiti ilk kez bu çalışmada gözlemlenmiştir.

Keywords

Afit , Yeni konak bitki , Yeni kayıt , Trakya , Türkiye

Project Number

TUBITAK 124Z069

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