Tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids reared from lepidopterous and hymenopterous hosts in southern forests of Turkey

Year 2021, , 3 - 11, 01.03.2021

Fatih Aytar , Kenan Kara , Turgut Atay

https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.779465

Cited By: 2

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitoids of lepidopterous and hymenopterous hosts from forests of southern Turkey (Adana, Hatay, Karaman, Mersin, Niğde and Osmaniye) in 2002-2019. For this purpose, host larvae were collected from forests and herbaceous plant communities and brought to the laboratory with their food-plants. As a result of the study, six tachinid species were reared from nine hosts. Four new hosts for Turkey were recorded. These are Vanessa cardui (L., 1758) and Polygonia c-album (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) for Sturmia bella (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera: Tachinidae), Utetheisa pulchella (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) for Exorista segregata (Rondani, 1859) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams, 1924 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) for Compsilura concinnata (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera: Tachinidae). In addition, two parasitoid-host couples were recorded for the second time in the world. These are U. pulchella for E. segregata and T. wilkinsoni for C. concinnata.

Keywords

Forest, host records, parasitoids, Tachinidae, Turkey

Thanks

We are grateful to Dr. Mehtap Öztekin (Systematic Botany, Department of Collections, National Botanical Gardens Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Turkey, Ankara) for identification of plants.

Türkiye’nin güneyindeki ormanlarda lepidopter ve hymenopter konukçulardan elde edilen tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parazitoitler

Abstract

Bu çalışma Türkiye’nin güneyindeki (Adana, Hatay, Karaman, Mersin, Niğde ve Osmaniye) ormanlarda bulunan lepidopter ve hymenopterlerin, tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parazitoitlerini belirlemek için 2002-2019 yılları arasında yürütülmüştür. Bu amaç için konukçu larvaları orman ağaçları ve yabancı otlar üzerinden toplanarak beslendikleri bitki ile birlikte laboratuvara getirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, dokuz farklı konukçudan altı tachinid tür elde edilmiş, 4 konukçu ise Türkiye için yeni konukçu kaydı olarak belirlenmiştir. Bunlar; Sturmia bella (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera: Tachinidae) için Vanessa cardui (L., 1758) ve Polygonia c-album (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Exorista segregata (Rondani, 1859) (Diptera: Tachinidae) için Utetheisa pulchella (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) ve Compsilura concinnata (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera: Tachinidae) için Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams, 1924 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)’dır. Ayrıca E. segregata için U. pulchella ve C. concinnata için T. wilkinsoni konukçu-parazitoit çiftleri dünya için ikinci kez kaydedilmiştir.

Keywords

Orman, konukçu kayıtları, parazitoit, Tachinidae, Türkiye

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