New records for the association between eulophid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) and gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae and Diplolepididae)

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 1, 20 - 24, 28.03.2025

Özlem Mete , Musa Tataroğlu , Yusuf Katılmış

Abstract

To expand knowledge on gall communities, we identified 10 species from 6 genera within the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) found in oak and rose galls (formed by Cynipidae and Diplolepididae) collected in northeastern Anatolia. The eulophid parasitoids identified in this study represent new associate records for the gall wasp species examined. Additionally, Euderus albitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1838), Stepanovia rosae Boyadzhiev and Todorov, 2013, and Aprostocetus levadiensis Graham, 1987 are recorded for the first time in the fauna of Türkiye.

Keywords

Parasitoid wasps, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, Oak galls, Rose galls, New records

Ethical Statement

The gall samples were collected as part of a TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) project (Project No: 117Z096).

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

117Z096

Thanks

The gall samples were collected as part of a TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) project (Project No: 117Z096).

Eulophid parazitoitler (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) ve gal arıları (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae ve Diplolepididae) arasındaki ilişkiye dair yeni kayıtlar

Abstract

Gal komüniteleri hakkındaki bilgilere katkı sağlamak amacıyla, Kuzeydoğu Anadolu'da Cynipidae ve Diplolepididae tarafından oluşturulan meşe ve gül galleri toplanmış ve bu gallerde Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) familyasından 6 cinse ait 10 tür tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışmada tespit edilen eulophid parazitoitler, incelenen gal arısı türleri ile ilişkili olmaları bakımından yeni kayıtlardır. Ayrıca, Euderus albitarsis (Zetterstedt, 1838), Stepanovia rosae Boyadzhiev and Todorov, 2013 ve Aprostocetus levadiensis Graham, 1987 Türkiye faunasında ilk kez kaydedilmiştir.

Keywords

Parazitoit yaban arıları, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, Meşe galleri, Gül galleri, Yeni kayıtlar

Project Number

117Z096

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