BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST 11 (2): 117-120 ©Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2017 Article No.: e162207 http://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/index.html

Contribution to the Collembola () fauna of from and provinces

Muhammet Ali ÖZATA1, Hasan SEVGİLİ2,* and Igor KAPRUS3

1. Demir Karamancı Anadolu Lisesi, , , Turkey. 2. Ordu University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 52200, Ordu, Turkey. 3. State Museum of Natural History, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, L’viv, UA-79008, Ukraine. * Corresponding Author: H. Sevgili, Mobile: +90 506 437 88 20, Phone (Office): +90 452 226 52 00/1655, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Received: 20. May 2016 / Accepted: 24. October 2016 / Available online: 06. November 2016 / Printed: December 2017

Abstract. During the survey (2012-2013) a total of 256 specimens of belonging to 19 , 18 genera and 12 families of four collembolan orders were collected from Ordu and Rize provinces in Turkey.. Two species of the genera of Lepidocyrtus and Pseudachorutella can require large materials to make an identification. With our 10 new records of the orders Symhypleona and , the grand total of the Collembola fauna of Turkey rises to 83 species. This represents an increase about 10% over the current data in the fauna of Turkey. Additionally, 10 species which are distributed and previously recorded from Ordu, were also reported from in this study. The records of the new springtail species for Turkey confirm that the Turkish Collembola fauna is still poorly described, requiring further both taxonomical and ecological research efforts.

Key words: Collembola, springtails, , Neelipleona, Turkey, Ordu, Rize, new records.

Recent studies indicate that the rich biodiversity of Collem- collecting sites, collection dates and examined materials are given on bola is found in the Region of Turkey (Özata et al. Tables 1 and 2. About thousands of Collembola samples were col- 2016). However, when compared with other European and lected and extracted. 256 specimens of springtails were identified (see Table 2 for details). The slides were deposited at Zoology Labo- some Asian countries (Ulrich & Fiera 2009, Shayanmehr at ratory of Biology Department in Ordu University, Turkey. al. 2013), springtail fauna of Turkey is poorly known (Sevgili The specimens were identified by taxonomic keys of published & Özata 2014) and to date, 73 species have been recorded papers/books such as Bretfeld (1999), Fjelberg (1998, 2007), (Pota- from only a few provinces. Most of them were reported from pow, 2001) and (Thibaud et al. 2004) and web data such as Bellinger a few provinces in Mediterranean (Cassagnau, 1959; et al. (1996-2016). Observations of the specimens were done under a Skarzynski & Pomorski 1999) and the Black Sea regions of microscope with a multi-viewing system and phase contrast. Turkey (Sevgili & Özata 2014, Özata et al. 2016). So, many regions of Turkey are still completely unexplored and it is The present study gives an update list of the Collembola re- clear that many interesting known or new species wait to be corded from Ordu and Rize provinces, which are located in discovered. Eastern of Turkey. The species, identified This study is part of a project that aims to investigate the in this study, were dominant in all types of forest ecosystem faunistic composition of Collembola of Ordu and Rize prov- in Black Sea region of Turkey. About 90 samples were stud- ince in the Black Sea Region of Turkey (Fig. 1). So far there is ied, which represent the Collembolan fauna of different only one study about the springtails fauna of these regions habitats (mostly leaf litter and moss). Most of the species re- (Özata et al. 2016). ported here, have been considered to have wide range or even cosmopolitan distributions (Potapow 2001, Deharveng Species were collected from 19 different localities of the province of & Fjellberg 2015, Bretfeld 1999, Fjellberg 1998, Fjellberg Ordu from sea level to subalpine zones and one locality from Rize 2007). As a result of our research, 13 springtail species be- province during 2012-2013 (Table 1). Specimens were extracted by longing to 9 families have been found in Rize province for Berlese funnel from soil, leaf litter and moss and captured from the the first time (Table 2), and 10 of them were previously collecting vial using a small brush and they were fixed in 75% alco- known from Ordu. There are 6 species belonging to Symhy- hol. They were cleared in potassium hydroxide and mounted on pleona and Neelipleona that have been found in Ordu, all slides in the Faure’s solution. Literature about Collembola of Turkey was briefly reviewed by are the first records for Turkey. While malm- Sevgili & Özata (2014). The location, slide number, coordinates of the greni (Tullberg, 1877) and aureus (Lubbock,

Figure 1. Two provinces of sampling localities in Black Sea Region of Turkey (modi- fied from Google Map, 2016).

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1862) have been collected only from Rize, (Tullberg, 1872), pumilis (Krausbauer, 1898), Smin- secundarius (Gisin, 1958) and minuta (Fabricius, thurides malmgreni (Tullberg, 1877), Pygmarrhopalites princi- 1783) have been found in both Ordu and Rize provinces. The palis (Stach, 1945), Pygmarrhopalites secundarius (Gisin, 1958), following species were recorded in Turkey for the first time: (Fabricius, 1783), Spatulosminthurus flaviceps (Tullberg, 1871), Lipothrix lubbocki (Lubbock, 1862), Neelus murinus Folsom, 1896,

Table 1. Information on the distribution, collection date, habitat and altitudes of the species of Collembola, recorded from the provinces of Ordu (1-19) and Rize (20) in Black Sea region of Turkey.

Location No Collection Location Habitat Altitude Longitude Latitude date (m) 1. 08.04.2012 Gülyalı /Turnasuyu village/Divane district Pine forest and Moss 41 37° 59' 41'' 40º 58' 22'' 17.05.2012 16.09.2012 2. 17.05.2012 Gülyalı /Turnasuyu village/Divane district Chestnut forest and soil 70 37° 59' 30'' 40º 58' 15'' 16.09.2012 3. 28.04.2012 Altınordu/Günören village (Kurşunçal forest) Redwood forest 580 37° 44' 50'' 40º 55' 44'' 4. 13.05.2012 Altınordu/Bayadı village (Kurul Kayası district) Redwood forest and soil 280-298 37° 53' 59'' 40º 53' 47'' 5. 13.05.2012 Gülyalı/Kestane Village (Kurt kayası) Mixed forest and soil 550 38° 02' 30'' 40 º 54'.37'' 6. 01.06.2012 Ünye/İnkur (Çet picnic spot) Pine forest and soil 348-446 37° 12' 49'' 41º 02' 16'' 01.06.2013 05.07.2012 7. 05.07.2012 Ünye (10 km southern) Redwood and soil 93 37 20' 15'' 41º 06' 21'' 8. 05.07.2012 Ünye/Asarkaya (Kent ormanı) Pine, Spruce, Beech mixed forest 160-356 37° 14' 17'' 41º 06' 21'' 12.05.2013 01.06.2013 9. 08.07.2012 Between Akkuş and () Pine and Oak forest 1218 37° 02' 08'' 40º 45' 17'' 10. 08.07.2012 Akkuş Pine forest 1226 37° 01' 28'' 40º 47' 20'' 11. 08.07.2012 Akkuş-Ünye road Oak forest 939 37° 06' 01'' 40º 55' 10'' 12. 08.07.2012 Akkuş Beech forest 1254 37° 01' 00'' 40º 47' 35'' 13. 10.07.2012 (Cıngırt Castle) Moss, Chestnut, Oak forest 161-240 37° 27' 26'' 41º 03' 22'' 30.09.2012 12.05.2013 01.06.2013 14. 17.07.2012 Gölköy/Kozören village Redwood forest 1001 37° 41' 39'' 40º 40' 39'' 15. 17.07.2012 Gölköy/Karagöz district Redwood forest 1083 37° 36' 53'' 40º 40' 31'' 16. 17.07.2012 Gölköy/Tilkini district Beech forest 1199 37° 36' 44'' 40º 39' 56'' 17. 17.07.2012 Gölköy/Harçbeli district Beech forest 1409 37° 37' 27'' 40º 36' 15'' 18. 21.07.2013 Kabadüz/between Turnalık and Çambaşı Fir forest and soil 1886 37° 56' 55'' 40° 37 55'' 19. 21.07.2013 Kabadüz/Between Turnalık and Çambaşı Moss and soil 1647 37° 55' 45'' 40° 42' 39'' 20. 11.06.2012 Rize /Çamlıhemşin - village road Mixed forest 1120 40° 55' 44 '' 40° 53' 02''

Table 2. Species list, examined materials and collecting locations of the springtails in Ordu and Rize provinces. New records are given as bold (juv:= juvenile).

Ordo/Family Species Examined Slide no. Location no. materials / Heteromurus (Heteromurus) nitidus (Templeton, 1836) 1♂, 4 juv. 250d, 250f 20 Heteromuridae Entomobryomorpha/ Lepidocyrtus cf. lanuginosus Gmelin, 1788 1♂, 4juv. 250l, 250e, 250f 20 Lepidocyrtidae Entomobryomorpha/ Folsomia inoculata Stach, 1947 5♀♀, 3juv. 250b, 250e, 250a, 250f 20 Folsomia ksenemani Stach, 1947 3♂♂, 4♀♀, 5juv. 250b, 250a, 250e, 250f 20 Folsomia manolachei Bagnall, 1939 1♂, 4♀♀, 8juv. 251a, 250b, 250a, 250f 20 minor (Schaffer, 1896) 1♀ 250b 20 Parisotoma notabilis Schaffer, 1896 1 juv. 251b 20 Entomobryomorpha/ minor Lubbock, 1862 7 juv. 250e, 250d, 250f 20 Tomoceridae Tomocerina minuta Tullberg, 1876 1 juv. 250a 20 Entomobryomorpha/ Ceratophysella denticulata (Bagnall, 1941) 1 juv. 250q 20 Hypogastruridae / Pseudachorutella cf. balcanica Cassagnau, 1979 1 juv. 250q 20 Neanuridae

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Table 2. (continued).

Ordo/Family Species Examined Slide no. Location no. materials Symphypleona/ Lipothrix lubbocki (Tullberg, 1872) 1 juv. 25ol 1 Spatulosminthurus flaviceps (Tullberg, 1871) 1 juv. 219c 3 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 2juv. 214f, 218, 4 1 juv. 207c 5 1♂, 2♀♀,13juv. 210b, 28a, 28b 6 1♀, 14juv. 26, 26b, 173, 104 8 1 juv. 150a 9 1♀, 4juv. 23, 21g, 19a 10 1♂, 1♀ 85 12 1♂, 3♀♀, 2juv. 132, 64 14 1♀, 1♂, 3juv. 68, 56 15 1♂, 1♀, 1juv. G2-NU3, N2-G2U3 18 6♀♀, 7juv. 161a, 161b 19 1♀, 6 juv. 210a, 206a, 208a, 28a 6 1♂, 1♀, 1juv. 26, 26b 8 1♂, 4♀♀, 5juv. 19a, 19c 10 1 juv. 85 12 1♀, 4juv. 49 13 1♂, 1♀, 4juv. 214f 14 1 juv. 56 15 1♂, 3♀♀, 6juv. G2-NU3, N2-G2U3 18 Symphypleona/ Sphaeridia pumilis (Krausbauer, 1898) 1♂, 1♀ 209a 1 1♂ 23a 10 Sminthurides malmgreni (Tullberg, 1877) 11 (juv. males) 251c 20 Symphypleona/ Pygmarrhopalites principalis (Stach, 1945) 1 juv. 80 2 Pygmarrhopalites secundarius (Gisin, 1958) 2♂♂, 2♀♀, 5 juv. 251a, 250k, 250g, 251 20 1♂ 243 15 Symphypleona/ Dicyrtomina minuta (Fabricius, 1783) 1♂, 1 juv. 251a, 251b 20 3♀♀, 4 juv. 76, 209a, 197 1 1♂, 2juv. 206g, 206b 6 1juv. 216b 17 Symphypleona/ Sminthurinus aureus (Lubbock, 1862) 9♀♀, 13 juv. 251, 251a, 251b, 250, 250k 20 Neelipleona/ Neelus murinus Folsom, 1896 3 juv. 25, 212 6 5 juv. 119 7 Willem, 1900 1 juv. 212 6 4 juv. 22 10 1 juv. 192 13

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