Volume 3, Issue 4 (2017)                   J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2017, 3(4): 319-334 | Back to browse issues page

‎ 10.52547/jibs.3.4.319
‎ 20.1001.1.24238112.2017.3.4.4.2

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Taxonomical investigation on Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) fauna in northern Cyprus, with twenty six new records for the country
Ahmet Beyarslan * 1, Celalettin Gözüaçikl2 , Mustafa Güllü3 , Ayda Konuksal4
1- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bitlis Eren University, 13000 Bitlis, Turkey
2- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Iğdır University, Iğdır, Turkey
3- Biological Control Research Institute, Adana, Turkey
4- Agricultural Research Institute, Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Abstract:   (5191 Views)
In order to determine Braconidae fauna of Cyprus, adult specimens of Braconidae were collected from different habitats of Northern Cyprus between 2012 and 2016. All specimens were collected in both natural vegetation and agricultural areas using sweeping-net. A total of 42 species belonging to 14 genera of Agathidiae, Braconinae, Cheloninae, Doryctinae, Euphorinae, Homolobinae, Opiinae and Rogadinae were reported from the Northern Cyprus, of which 26 species are recorded from Cyprus for the first time.
Keywords: Pentadaktylos, Braconidae, fauna, Cyprus, parasitoid
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Article Type: Research article | Subject: Systematics/Coleoptera
Received: 2017/09/25 | Accepted: 2017/10/21 | Published: 2017/12/1
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