Considerations on the Brachistini fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Brachistinae), with some taxonomic and distributional notes

Koldaş T., ÇETİN ERDOĞAN Ö.

Biologia, cilt.77, sa.8, ss.2207-2235, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 77 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s11756-022-01108-5
  • Dergi Adı: Biologia
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2207-2235
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Brachistini, Braconidae, Fauna, new records, Turkey
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study deals with the data on Turkish records of Brachistini that play an important role in the biological control of agricultural pests. Brachistini wasps collected from Mediterranean, Aegean, Central Anatolia, Black Sea and Marmara regions were sampled between 1982-2010. A total of 38 species within five genera (Eubazus, Chelostes, Foersteria, Polydegmon, Schizoprymnus) were determined. When the geographical distributions of determined species were evaluated according to geographic regions in Turkey; Black Sea region appears to have the highest number of species which is 28 and Mediterranean region has the lowest number with six species. As a result of the study, total number of species of Brachistini in Turkey, with the addition of 11 new records, is enlarged from 59 to 70. The study results show us important distributional, faunistical, ecological and zoogeographical results, beside the new species records for Turkish Brachistinae fauna.