The some aphrophorid spittlebugs of East Anatolia (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae)

Authors : İnanç ÖZGEN

Pages : 60-61

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Publication Date : 2019-01-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study was  carried out to determine Aphrophoridae species in East Anatolia  in  2018 .  Five species were collected by sweeping net on herbs. The collected specimens were identified as:    Aphrophora salicina  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Goeze, 1778);,  Lepyronia coleoptrata  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);,  Paraphilaenus notatus  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Mulsant & Rey, 1855);,  Philaenus spumarius  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758); ,  Neophilaenus campestris  insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fallén, 1805);.  The species  P. spumarius  and  L. coleoptrata  were the most abundant species and the others were rather rare .  The species of family Aphrophoridae are xylem feeders so they are considered as candidates for transmitting bacteria  Xylella fastidiosa . Therefore the role of the identified species in the agricultural ecosystems in the collecting sites needs to be studied.
Keywords : Aphrophoridae, Fauna