Zoology Collection
of İstanbul University has a unique position among other institutional
collections found in Turkey. This collection has very oldest insect specimens
recorded from Turkey and especially from all around İstanbul. Actually the
collection owes this uniqueness to a hobbyist, Bernard Tubini. His personal
collection which contains specimens collected from 1920 to 1940 was later
donated to the İstanbul University. However this special collection has never
been studied, nor documented so far. In this study we aimed to make a checklist
of the insect species of İstanbul from the Zoology Collection of İstanbul
University and by the way take Tubini collection out into daylight. As a
result, beyond seven Orthoptera species, 313 species of Coleoptera were listed
from the collection.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Structural Biology |
Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | February 2, 2018 |
Submission Date | December 31, 2017 |
Acceptance Date | January 16, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 2 Issue: 1 |