Taxonomical investigation on Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) fauna in northern Cyprus, with twenty six new records for the country

Beyarslan, Ahmet; Beyarslan, Ahmet; Gözüaçikl, Celalettin; Güllü, Mustafa; Konuksal, Ayda

doi:10.52547/jibs.3.4.319

Taxonomical investigation on Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) fauna in northern Cyprus, with twenty six new records for the country

Authors

Ahmet Beyarslan ¹

Celalettin Gözüaçikl ²

Mustafa Güllü ³

Ayda Konuksal ⁴

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

10.52547/jibs.3.4.319

Abstract

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.

Graphical Abstract

Taxonomical investigation on Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) fauna in northern Cyprus, with twenty six new records for the country

Keywords

Pentadaktylos

Braconidae

fauna

Cyprus

parasitoid

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