Contribution to the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) fauna of Turkey

Year 2005, Volume: 29 Issue: 2, 101 - 110, 01.04.2005

Serdar Tezcan Yusuf Karsavuran Esat Pehlivan Sinan Anlaş Erol Yıldırım

Abstract

In this study, the material of the family Vespidae was collected from different localities of Turkey in 1957-2004 and it has been determined that totally 24 species and subspecies belonging to Vespidae occurring in the collection of LEMT (Lodos Entomological Museum, Turkey). Some new localities were found for some species and subspecies previously known in Turkey. Among them, Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1799) and Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 were the abundant and widespread species. Separately, Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767) and P. dominulus (Christ, 1791) were the other common species

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Türkiye Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) faunasına katkılar

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Keywords

Hymenoptera, Vespidae, fauna, Türkiye

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