Bark beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) of the coniferous forests in the Mediterranean region of Western Turkey, with a new record for Turkish fauna

Authors : Oğuzhan SARIKAYA, Mustafa AVCI

Pages : 33-47

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Scolytinae insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Coleoptera: Curculionidae); species and their host plants of coniferous forests of the Mediterranean region of Western Turkey were determined between 2006 and 2008. A total of 27 species of Scolytinae were collected from 59 different sites in Afyonkarahisar, Antalya, Burdur, Denizli, Isparta, and Muğla provinces. Hylastes angustatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Herbst);, H. linearis Erichson, Tomicus destruens insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Wollaston);, Hylurgus ligniperda insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fabricius);, Pityogenes calcaratus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Eichhoff);, P. pennidens Reitter, Orthotomicus robustus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Knotek);, and O. suturalis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gyllenhal); were recorded as new species for the Scolytinae fauna of the Mediterranean region of Western Turkey. Orthotomicus robustus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Knotek); was recorded for the first time from Turkey.
Keywords : Key words Scolytinae, fauna, host plant, coniferous forests, Mediterranean region of Western Turkey