Türkiye Bozcaada'nın karınca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) faunası

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 3, 793 - 808, 15.09.2024

Nermin Toptaş Celal Karaman

https://doi.org/10.17714/gumusfenbil.1421521

Abstract

Doğanın kilit taşı canlıları olan karıncalar Akdeniz havzasında da oldukça çeşitlilik göstermektedir. Akdeniz ülkelerinin ana karalarının yanı sıra adaları da karıncalar açısından büyük önem ve tür çeşitliliğine sahiptir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye'nin üçüncü büyük adası olan Bozcaada'nın karınca faunası araştırılmıştır. Karıncalar Bozcaada'dan 2018-2019 yıllarında aspirator ile toplanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında Bozcaada'dan toplanan 700 karınca örneğinin incelenmesi sonucunda 4 altfamilya ve 22 cinse ait 60 tür tespit edilmiştir. Bu kayıtlardan Ponerinae alt familyası, 10 cins ve 48 tür Bozcaada karınca faunasının ilk kayıtlarıdır. Türkiye anakarasına bazen Türk adalarından daha yakın olan 3 Yunan adası (Samos, Sakız ve Midilli), Bozcaada ve Gökçeada'nın karınca faunaları Bray-Curtis benzerlik analizi ile karşılaştırılmıştır.

Keywords

Karınca, Biyolojik çeşitlilik, Bray-Curtis benzerlik analizi, Faunistik, Akdeniz Bölgesi

Ethical Statement

The authors of this article declare that the materials and methods used in this study do not require ethics committee approval and/or legal-special permission.

Supporting Institution

Trakya University, Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit with the number 2019-179

Project Number

TUBAP 2019-179

Thanks

We would like to thank Kadri KIRAN (Trakya University) for his help of preparation of the ant photographs. This paper was produced from part of MSc thesis of Nermin TOPTAŞ.

Myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bozcaada Island of Türkiye

Abstract

Ants, keystone organisms of the nature, show great diversity in the Mediterranean basin. In addition to the mainland, the islands of the Mediterranean countries have great importance and species diversity in terms of ants. In the present study, the ant fauna of Bozcaada, the third largest island of Türkiye was investigated. Ant specimens were collected from Bozcaada in 2018-2019 by means of the aspirator. As a result of evaluation of 700 ant samples collected from the island, 60 species belonging to 4 subfamilies and 22 genera were identified. Among these, the subfamily Ponerinae, 10 genera and 48 species were recorded for the first time for the ant fauna of Bozcaada. The ant faunas of the Greek islands Samos, Chios and Lesbos, which are located closer to the Turkish mainland than the Turkish islands, Bozcaada and Gökçeada were compared with the Bray-Curtis similarity analysis.

Keywords

Ant, Biodiversity, Bray-Curtis similarity analysis, Faunistic, Mediterranean Region

Project Number

TUBAP 2019-179

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