A faunistic study on the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) in the Upper Kelkit Valley with two new records and a checklist for Turkey

Year 2021, Volume: 45 Issue: 3, 305 - 322, 01.09.2021

İlyas Can , Yaşar Gülmez

https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.929607

Cited By: 3

Abstract

This paper reports a study of Sphecidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) fauna of the Upper Kelkit Valley, one of the important natural areas of Turkey. In total, 316 adult sphecid specimens were collected by insect net from various habitats in Erzincan, Giresun, Gümüşhane and Sivas Provinces between 2015-2018. The specimens were stored in Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Entomology Research Laboratory, Tokat, Turkey. Thirty-two taxa were identified. Of these, 12 species and subspecies are new records for the fauna of the study area, and Ammophila gussakovskii (Dollfuss, 2013) and Podalonia nigrohirta (Kohl, 1888) are recorded for the first time from Turkey. Currently, 34 species of five genera of Ammophilinae, 13 species and one subspecies of two genera of Sceliphrinae and 29 species and two subspecies of five genera of Sphecinae of Sphecidae, giving 76 species and three subspecies belonging to 12 genera, are known from Turkey. A distributional checklist of the Turkish Sphecidae is included.

Keywords

Fauna, Hymenoptera, new record, Sphecidae, Turkey

Supporting Institution

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Project Number

2017/44

Thanks

We are grateful to Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (Project number: 2017/44) for financial support.

Yukarı Kelkit Vadisi’nde Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) familyası üzerine faunistik bir çalışma, Türkiye için iki yeni kayıt ve tür kontrol listesi

Abstract

Bu makale, Türkiye'nin önemli doğal alanlarından biri olan Yukarı Kelkit Vadisi'nin Sphecidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) faunası üzerine bir çalışmayı bildirmektedir. 2015-2018 yılları arasında Erzincan, Giresun, Gümüşhane ve Sivas illerinde çeşitli habitatlardan toplam 316 ergin sphecid örneği atrap ile toplanmıştır. Örnekler Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Entomoloji Araştırma Laboratuvarı’nda saklanmaktadır. 32 takson teşhis edilmiştir. Bunlardan 12 tür ve alttür araştırma bölgesinin faunası için yeni kayıt olup Ammophila gussakovskii (Dollfuss, 2013) ve Podalonia nigrohirta (Kohl, 1888) Türkiye’den ilk kez kaydedilmiştir. Şu anda, Türkiye’den Ammophilinae altfamilyasından beş cinse ait 34 tür, Sceliphrinae altfamilyasından 2 cinse ait 13 tür ve bir alttür ve Sphecinae altfamilyasından 5 cinse ait 29 tür ve iki alttür, toplamda ise 12 cinse ait 76 tür ve üç alttür bilinmektedir. Türkiye Sphecidae familyasına ait dağılışsal bir kontrol listesi dahil edilmiştir.

Keywords

Fauna, Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, yeni kayıt, Türkiye

Project Number

2017/44

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