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Zootaxa, Trissolcus Radjabii N.Sp
Zootaxa 2515: 65–68 (2010) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Correspondence ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2010 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Trissolcus radjabii n.sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an egg parasitoid of the shield bug, Apodiphus amygdali (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and the sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) SHAHZAD IRANIPOUR1 & NORMAN F. JOHNSON2 1Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. E-mail: [email protected]; urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:18724A0E-59D0-4109-BB04-B09D9E4A9BC0 2Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]; urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:3508C4FF-F027-445F-8417-90AB4AB8FE0D urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0114DE6E-C85F-4D97-8C7E-3B2B701D2FCD Kozlov and Kononova (1983) classified 53 Palearctic species of the genus Trissolcus Ashmead into five groups. The presence of the hyperoccipital carina, convex frons, absence of notauli, and elongate postmarginal vein (longer than the stigmal vein) in the fore wing are characteristics delimiting the gonopsidis-group. These species differ from the flavipes- group only in the lack of notauli. Kozlov and Kononova placed three species in the gonopsidis-group: T. mentha Kozlov and Lê, T. gonopsidis (Watanabe), and T. elasmuchae (Watanabe). In a taxonomic study of the Trissolcus species of Korea and Japan, Ryu and Hirashima (1984) reported three other species with characteristics of the gonopsidis-group: T. nigripedius (Nakagawa), T. itoi Ryu and T. yamagishi Ryu. Most of these species are known only from Japan or Korea. Trissolcus elasmuchae has been observed in Ukraine and Russia as well as Japan, and T. -
Arab Journal of Plant Protection
Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Council of Ministers, Lebanon Arab Journal of Plant Protection Volume 27, Special Issue (Supplement), October 2009 Abstracts Book 10th Arab Congress of Plant Protection Organized by Arab Society for Plant Protection in Collaboration with National Council for Scientific Research Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon 26-30 October, 2009 Edited by Safaa Kumari, Bassam Bayaa, Khaled Makkouk, Ahmed El-Ahmed, Ahmed El-Heneidy, Majd Jamal, Ibrahim Jboory, Walid Abou-Gharbieh, Barakat Abu Irmaileh, Elia Choueiri, Linda Kfoury, Mustafa Haidar, Ahmed Dawabah, Adwan Shehab, Youssef Abu-Jawdeh Organizing Committee of the 10th Arab Congress of Plant Protection Mouin Hamze Chairman National Council for Scientific Research, Beirut, Lebanon Khaled Makkouk Secretary National Council for Scientific Research, Beirut, Lebanon Youssef Abu-Jawdeh Member Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Leila Geagea Member Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Holy Spirit University- Kaslik, Lebanon Mustafa Haidar Member Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Walid Saad Member Pollex sal, Beirut, Lebanon Samir El-Shami Member Ministry of Agriculture, Beirut, Lebanon Elia Choueiri Member Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Tal Amara, Zahle, Lebanon Linda Kfoury Member Faculty of Agriculture, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon Khalil Melki Member Unifert, Beirut, Lebanon Imad Nahal Member Ministry of Agriculture, Beirut, -
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha Halys
Sparks et al. BMC Genomics (2020) 21:227 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6510-7 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest Michael E. Sparks1* , Raman Bansal2, Joshua B. Benoit3, Michael B. Blackburn1, Hsu Chao4, Mengyao Chen5, Sammy Cheng6, Christopher Childers7, Huyen Dinh4, Harsha Vardhan Doddapaneni4, Shannon Dugan4, Elena N. Elpidina8, David W. Farrow3, Markus Friedrich9, Richard A. Gibbs4, Brantley Hall10, Yi Han4, Richard W. Hardy11, Christopher J. Holmes3, Daniel S. T. Hughes4, Panagiotis Ioannidis12,13, Alys M. Cheatle Jarvela5, J. Spencer Johnston14, Jeffery W. Jones9, Brent A. Kronmiller15, Faith Kung5, Sandra L. Lee4, Alexander G. Martynov16, Patrick Masterson17, Florian Maumus18, Monica Munoz-Torres19, Shwetha C. Murali4, Terence D. Murphy17, Donna M. Muzny4, David R. Nelson20, Brenda Oppert21, Kristen A. Panfilio22,23, Débora Pires Paula24, Leslie Pick5, Monica F. Poelchau7, Jiaxin Qu4, Katie Reding5, Joshua H. Rhoades1, Adelaide Rhodes25, Stephen Richards4,26, Rose Richter6, Hugh M. Robertson27, Andrew J. Rosendale3, Zhijian Jake Tu10, Arun S. Velamuri1, Robert M. Waterhouse28, Matthew T. Weirauch29,30, Jackson T. Wells15, John H. Werren6, Kim C. Worley4, Evgeny M. Zdobnov12 and Dawn E. Gundersen-Rindal1* Abstract Background: Halyomorpha halys (Stål), the brown marmorated stink bug, is a highly invasive insect species due in part to its exceptionally high levels of polyphagy. This species is also a nuisance due to overwintering in human- made structures. It has caused significant agricultural losses in recent years along the Atlantic seaboard of North America and in continental Europe. -
Black Sea Journal of Engineering and Science Doi: 10.34248/Bsengineering.851950
Black Sea Journal of Engineering and Science doi: 10.34248/bsengineering.851950 Open Access Journal Araştırma Makalesi (Research Article) e-ISSN: 2619 – 8991 Cilt 4 - Sayı 2: 51-54 / Nisan 2021 (Volume 4 - Issue 2: 51-54 / April 2021) TÜRKİYE FINDIK BAHÇELERİNDE YENİ BİR ZARARLI TÜR; MEYVE PİS KOKULU BÖCEĞİ, APODIPHUS AMYGDALI (GERMAR, 1817) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) İsmail Oğuz ÖZDEMİR1*, Celal TUNCER1, Mansur ULUCA2 1Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Bitki Koruma Bölümü, 55139 Samsun, Türkiye 2Karadeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü, Bitki Sağlığı Bölümü, 55320, Tekkeköy, Samsun, Türkiye Özet: Bu çalışmada son yıllarda Türkiye fındık bahçelerinde gözlenen ve yeni bir zararlı tür olan meyve pis kokulu böceği, Apodiphus amygdali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) ele alınmıştır. Zararlı polifag bir tür olup ülkemizdeki varlığı uzun zamandan beri bilinmektedir. Ülkemizin pek çok yerinde bulunmasının yanı sıra zararlının ergin ve nimfleri birçok meyve bahçesinde ve orman bitkisinde zarar oluşturmaktadır. Bu pis kokulu böcek türünün dünyada ve ülkemizde badem ve antepfıstığında zararlı bir tür olduğu bildirilmesine rağmen, fındık faunasında zararlıya dair hiçbir kayıt mevcut değildir. Çalışma 2019-2020 yıllarında yapılan deney ve gözlemlere dayanmaktadır. A. amygdali, Samsun’da farklı fındık bahçelerinde yapılan sürveylerde saptanmış ve örnekler laboratuvarda teşhis edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, A. amygdali’nin fındıkta yeni bir zararlı tür olması nedeni ile daha sonra yapılacak çalışmalara yardımcı olmak üzere tanımı, yayılışı, konukçuları, zararı ve biyolojisi ortaya konulmuştur. Anahtar kelimeler: Apodiphus amygdali, Fındık, Pis kokulu böcek A New Pest Species in Turkish Hazelnut Orchards; The Fruit Trees Stink Bug Apodiphus amygdali (Germar, 1817) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Abstract: In this study, a new insect pest species, the Fruit Trees Stink Bug, Apodiphus Amygdali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), occured in hazelnut orchards of Turkey in recent years were discussed. -
Disruption of Host-Symbiont Associations for the Symbiotic Control and Management of Pentatomid Agricultural Pests—A Review
REVIEW published: 27 November 2020 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.547031 Disruption of Host-Symbiont Associations for the Symbiotic Control and Management of Pentatomid Agricultural Pests—A Review Elena Gonella 1*, Bianca Orrù 1, Ramona Marasco 2, Daniele Daffonchio 2 and Alberto Alma 1 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy, 2 Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia The family Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) includes several invasive stink bug species capable to attack a large number of wild and cultivated plants, causing several damages to different crops. Pentatomids rely on obligate symbiotic associations with bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae, mainly of the genus Pantoea. A distinctive Edited by: trait of these associations is the transmission route: during oviposition, females smear Adly M. M. Abdalla, egg masses with symbiont-containing secretions, which are ingested by newly hatched International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria nymphs, allowing the symbiont to pass through their digestive tract and establish in the Reviewed by: crypts of the posterior midgut. Preventing newborns from orally acquiring symbionts Olivier Gros, seriously affects their fitness and survival. This symbiont inheritance process can be Université des Antilles et de la manipulated to develop innovative pest control measures by sterilization of egg masses Guyane, France Antonios Alekos Augustinos, prior to nymph hatching. This review summarizes the recent knowledge advances Hellenic Agricultural Organization concerning the gut primary symbionts of pentatomids, with a specific focus on the ’DEMETER’, Greece most troubling pest species for agriculture. -
MORPHOMETRICAL STUDY of the STINK BUG Apodiphus Amygdali (GERMAR) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) in IRAQ Sarkawt Hussein Muhammed* Ri
Mesopotamia J. of Agric. (ISSN 1815-316X) Vol. (38) No. (Supplement 2) 2010 MORPHOMETRICAL STUDY OF THE STINK BUG Apodiphus amygdali (GERMAR) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) IN IRAQ Sarkawt Hussein Muhammed* Riyadh Ahmed Al-Iraqi** *Biology Department, College of Science, University of Salahaddin-Erbil, Iraq **Biology Department, College of Science, College of Science-University of Mosul, Iraq ABSTRACT The morphological characteristics in association with dimensions of all the stages of A. amygdali were studied during season 2007. The egg is barrel in shape, bright green in colour when freshly lay, usually deposited in masses which contain 14 eggs each. The average body lengths and widths of each of the five nymphal instars were: (2.80, 2.22); (4.36, 3.22); (6.10, 3.94); (10.38, 6.01) and (12.40, 7.04) mm, respectively. The adult measurements were: (14.48) mm long and (7.60) mm wide for male and (16.48) mm long and (8.32) mm wide for female, the first nymphal instar characterized by shiny orange, the rest instars are grey, while the adult is red to reddish bronze and gray to black. INTRODUCTION The fruit trees stink bug A. amygdali is one of the pentatomid plant feeding stink bugs, which attacking many of the fruit trees especially plum, apricot, apple, olive, and pear. Furthermore non-fruit trees viz. poplar, pine, planetree, willow bark may also be infested (Muhammed, 1994). Both nymphs and adults feed by sucking the plant sap. Reviewing the literature, the Information available about this pest in the world and in Iraq considered as records on the hosts. -
Scope: Munis Entomology & Zoology Publishes a Wide Variety of Papers
328 _____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2017__________ HEMIPTERA (HETEROPTERA) FROM VARZEGHAN, NW IRAN: PENTATOMOMORPHA, NEPOMORPHA, GERROMORPHA, LEPTOPODOMORPHA Somayeh Jafari*, Ahmad Atamehr** and Hossein Lotfalizadeh*** * Department of Plant Protection, Tabriz branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN. ** Department of Plant Protection, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, IRAN. *** Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of East Azarbaijan, Tabriz, IRAN. [Jafari, S., Atamehr, A. & Lotfalizadeh, H. 2017. Hemiptera (Heteroptera) from Varzeghan, NW Iran: Pentatomomorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 12 (1): 328-331] ABSTRACT: In this project the fauna of 8 families dependent to infraorders Pentatomomorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) including Pentatomoidae, Coreidae, Scutelleridae, Corixidae, Notonectidae, Gerridae, Hydrometridae, Saldidae we studied in Varzaqan and its vicinity, East-Azarbaijan provonce in the northwest of Iran. During 2011-2013 totally 24 species from 21 genera were identified. KEY WORDS: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Varzeghan, Iran The true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) are aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial species. Some terrestrials live in concealed habitats (e.g. beneath litter or bark, in the soil, etc.) (Anufriev et al., 1998). Corixidae feed on algae and small aquatic animals; all other water bugs, all bugs living on the surface of water (water striders) and at the shores (Saldidae, Ochteridae) are predacious. Most Pentatomomorpha are phytophagous, only some Lygaeidae and Pentatomidae secondarily became predacious (Anufriev et al., 1998). The terrestrial Heteroptera deposit eggs in plant tissues (Miridae, Nabidae, etc.) or lay them on the surface of plants and other objects (Reduviidae, all Pentatomomorpha) (Anufriev et al., 1998). Varzeghan is a county which situated in East Azarbaijan province and jointed with Arasbaran protected area at the north west of Iran. -
Bulgaria in Summer
Bulgaria in Summer Naturetrek Tour Report 27 July - 3 August 2013 Catocala sponsa - Dark Crimson Underwing Moth Graphosoma semipunctatum - shieldbug species Nucifraga caryocataractes - Nutcracker Cyrtopodion kotschyi bibroni - Kotschy's Gecko Report and images by Alan Outen Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ UK T: +44 (0)1962 733051 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Tour Report Bulgaria in Summer Tour participants: Alan Outen (botanist and general naturalist) and local guides Mario Langourov (entomologist) and Dancho Koutsarov (ornithologist and dragonfly specialist) together With eleven Naturetrek clients Summary During the course of just a week we enjoyed superb scenery, a wonderful range of wildlife and splendid hospitality. We had seen an incredible total of 928 identified species (a record for this tour) including 390 higher plants and 371 invertebrate species, of which a superb 110 were butterflies (tour record) and 73 moths (tour record) as well as 35 dragonflies (another tour record), 36 bugs, 29 beetles etc. It is always difficult to find birds on this tour, being rather late in the season. The extremely high temperatures at the start of the week did not help as birds sort cover, but we nonetheless managed a creditable total of 97 species, including some not often seen on this tour. Day 1 Saturday 27th July Fly Heathrow to Sofia; drive to Melnik Sunny on arrival in Sofia, hot, with maximum temperature 27°C It was not the most auspicious of starts as our flight was delayed for more than an hour 'due to overbooking'. In actual fact it transpired that this was because the aircraft being used was smaller than the one originally scheduled and luggage also had to be moved. -
Scope: Munis Entomology & Zoology Publishes a Wide Variety Of
_____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 14, No. 2, June 2019__________ 475 A LIST OF HETEROPTERA SPECIES REPORTED FROM SALIX SPP. IN TURKEY Suat Kıyak* * Gazi University, Sciences Faculty, Biology department, 06500-Ankara / TURKEY. E-mail: [email protected] [Kıyak, S. 2019. A list of Heteroptera species reported from Salix in Turkey. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 14 (2): 475-477] ABSTRACT: In this study, 85 species inhabiting on Salix as a hostplant, of 13 families in Heteroptera from Turkey are recorded. KEY WORDS: Heteroptera, hostplant, Salix, Turkey The aim of this study is presented a list of previously reported Turkish terrestrial Heteroptera species inhabiting on Salix spp. in Turkey according to the previous literatures as Aysev (1974), Boz (1992), Çakır (1988), Heiss & Pericart (1983), Kıyak (1990), Lodos & Önder (1980), Lodos et al. (1978), Önder & Lodos (1983), Pehlivan (1981), Seidenstücker (1966), Stichel (1956, 1957, 1958), Wagner (1971, 1973, 1976), Yardım (1990). Thus, 85 heteropteran species inhabiting on Salix as a hostplant, of 13 families from Turkey are determined with this work. 33 species of Miridae, 6 species of Anthocoridae, 4 species of Reduviidae, 4 species of Tingidae, 2 species of Aradidae, 1 species of Aneuridae, 2 species of Piesmidae, 1 species of Coreidae, 4 species of Rhopalidae, 11 species of Lygaeidae, 13 species of Pentatomidae, 2 species of Acanthosomatidae, 1 species of Cydnidae are recorded. All species are given into a list in the following table. List of Heteroptera species inhabiting on Salix in Turkey Familia/species Host plant (s) Cited literature (s) MIRIDAE Psallus rubinicterus Sdst, 1966 Salix sp. Seidenstücker, 1966; Wagner, 1976 Phytocoris ulmi (L., 1758) Salix sp. -
Α-Amylase Activity in the Salivary Glands and the Midgut of Apodiphus Amygdali Germar (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Trakia Journal of Sciences, No 2, pp 183-189, 2016 Copyright © 2016 Trakia University Available online at: http://www.uni-sz.bg ISSN 1313-7050 (print) ISSN 1313-3551 (online) doi:10.15547/tjs.2016.02.011 Original Contribution α-AMYLASE ACTIVITY IN THE SALIVARY GLANDS AND THE MIDGUT OF APODIPHUS AMYGDALI GERMAR (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) S. Ramzi1, A. Zibaee2* 1Plant Protection Research Department, Horticultural Science Research Institute, Tea Research Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Lahijan, Iran. 2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran ABSTRACT In the current study, activities of α-amylase were determined and characterized in the salivary glands and the midgut of an orchard pest, Apodiphus amygdali. It was found that activity of the α-amylase in midgut was statistically higher than that of salivary glands. Optimal pH of amylolytic activities were obtained to be 8 for salivary glands and 5 for midgut. The enzymes extracted from salivary glands and midgut had the highest activities at temperatures of 45 and 40 °C, respectively. Mono- and di-valent cations significantly changed amylolytic activities in the midgut and salivary glands of A. amygdali. In case of salivary glands, Na+, K+ and Mg2+ showed no effects but Ca2+ and Cu2+ increased the enzymatic activity. Na+ and Mg2+ decreased midgut α-amylase of A. amygdali but Ca2+ showed adverse results. Lieweaver-Burk analysis of the enzyme in salivary glands and midgut revealed Vmax of 11.23 and 5.88 (U/mg protein) as well as Km of 6.85 and 2.58 (%), respectively. -
(Heteroptera) of Gilan and the Adjacent Provinces in Northern Iran
ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE Published 15.viii.2008 Volume 48(1), pp. 1-21 ISSN 0374-1036 Studies on the Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran Rauno E. LINNAVUORI Saukkokuja 10, FIN-21220 Raisio, Finland; e-mail: rauno.linnavuori@kolumbus.fi Abstract. A list of the Acanthosomatidae (3 species), Scutelleridae (13 species) and Pentatomidae (76 species) from the Iranian province of Gilan and adjacent provinces is published. The following eight species are recorded from Iran for the fi rst time: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787), Arma custos (Fabricius, 1794), Alloeoglypta pretiosa Kiritshenko, 1952, Sciocoris cursitans cursitans (Fabricius, 1794), Sciocoris macrocephalus Fieber, 1851, Ventocoris (Selenodera) bulbifer Seidenstücker, 1964, Podops (Opocrates) annulicornis Jakovlev, 1877, and Tarisa virescens Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851. Key words. Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Acanthosomatidae, Scutelleridae, Pen- tatomidae, Iran, Gilan, faunistics, checklist, new records Introduction This paper is the last one in a series of papers dealing with the true bug fauna of the Gilan province in northern Iran (LINNAVUORI & HOSSEINI 2000; LINNAVUORI 2006, 2007a,b,c). It is based on investigations I have been carrying out together with my wife Sakineh Linnavuori in the province and adjacent areas since 1994. The Gilan province (Fig. 1) (36°36′-38°27′ N, 48°30′-50°30′ E, total area 14,709 km2) is located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and surrounded by Ardabil, Zanjan, Ghaz- vin, Tehran, Mazandaran, and Golestan provinces. The Gilan province consists of coastal and central plains (-25 m a.s.l. at Astara up to about 1,000 m a.s.l.), which are bordered by the Talesh, Masuleh and Poshtehkuh mountain ranges in the west and the Elburz Mts. -
Hendek Orman Işletme Müdürlüğü
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ DOKTORA TEZİ HENDEK ORMAN İŞLETME MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ORMANLARINDA ENTOMOLOJİK PROBLEMLER Orman Yük. Müh. Erol AKKUZU Orman Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı Orman Entomolojisi ve Koruma Programı Danışman Prof.Dr. Torul MOL Mayıs, 2004 İSTANBUL ÖNSÖZ “Hendek Orman İşletme Müdürlüğü Ormanlarında Entomolojik Problemler” adlı bu çalışma İ.Ü. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Orman Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı, Orman Entomolojisi ve Koruma Programı’nda Prof. Dr. Torul MOL danışmanlığında 2000 – 2004 yılları arasında hazırlanmıştır. Bu çalışma T-855/17072000 No’lu proje kapsamında İ.Ü. Rektörlüğü Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Yürütücü Sekreterliği tarafından desteklenmiştir. Bu çalışmamın her aşamasında yardımlarını ve desteklerini esirgemeyen Sayın Danışman Hocam Prof. Dr. Torul MOL’a, Sayın Hocalarım Prof. Dr. Erdal SELMİ, Prof. Dr. Tamer ÖYMEN, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ali KÜÇÜKOSMANOĞLU ve Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ahmet HAKYEMEZ’e en derin teşekkürlerimi sunuyorum. Ayrıca, istatistik ağırlıklı hesaplama ve değerlendirmelerde yardımlarını esirgemeyen Prof. Dr. Ömer SARAÇOĞLU’na, Coleoptera (Buprestidae, Chrysomelidae, Elateridae) ve Heteroptera türlerinin teşhisini yapan Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Serdar TEZCAN ve diğer öğretim üyelerine, tez raporlarımın değerlendirilmesinde yardım ve desteklerini esirgemeyen hocam Doç. Dr. Hakan ALTINÇEKİÇ’e, Diptera (Tachinidae) türlerinin teşhisini yapan değerli akademisyen Yrd. Doç. Dr. Kenan KARA’ya, arazi, laboratuvar ve tez yazım çalışmalarında desteklerini gördüğüm İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi, Orman Entomolojisi ve Koruma Anabilim Dalı Araştırma Görevlileri Meriç KUMBAŞLI, Zeynel ARSLANGÜNDOĞDU, Hüseyin CEBECİ, Hamit AYBERK ve ERDEM HIZAL’a, Biyolog Sabiha ACER’e ve doktorant Vedat BEŞKARDEŞ’e teşekkür ederim. Doktora tezimle ilgili arazi çalışmalarını yürüttüğüm Hendek ilçesinde şahsıma her türlü yardımı ve kolaylığı gösteren Hendek Orman İşletme Müdürü Ayhan ŞİMŞEK’e, Süleymaniye Orman İşletme Eski Şefi Ömer DİLAVER’e, Kurtköy Orman İşletme Şefi Kenan KILIÇ’a teşekkürlerimi arz ederim.