Munis Entomology & Zoology Mun. Ent. Zool. 260 https://www.munisentzool.org/ (January, 2021) ISSN 1306-3022 © MRG ___________________________________________________________ AN INVASIVE SPECIES FOR TURKISH APHID FAUNA: SIPHONATROPHIA CUPRESSI (SWAIN, 1918) (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) Şükran Oğuzoğlu*, Özhan Şenol**, Mustafa Avcı* and Gazi Görür** * Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, Isparta, TURKEY. E-mails:
[email protected]; mustafaavci@ isparta.edu.tr, ORCID IDs: 0000-0002-4536-2246 and 0000-0001-6704-8947 ** Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Niğde, TURKEY. E-mails:
[email protected];
[email protected], ORCID IDs: 0000-0002-7747-0866 and 0000-0001-5713-418X [Oğuzoğlu, Ş., Şenol, Ö., Avcı, M. & Görür, G. 2021. An invasive species for Turkish aphid fauna: Siphonatrophia cupressi (Swain, 1918) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Munis Entomology & Zoology, 16 (1): 260-264] ABSTRACT: Siphonatrophia cupressi (Swain, 1918) is native to North and Central America and recently introduced to Europe, Africa and Asia. S. cupressi feeds on Cupressus and Juniperus spp. In this study, this aphid was recorded for the first time from Turkey in 2018. It was collected on Cupressus arizonica, C. macrocarpa and also on Juniperus sabina as a new host plant in parks, gardens and forest nursery. These trees are grown very common in park, garden and roadside afforestation in Turkey, in turn special attention should be paid for the determination of the S. cupressi as an invasive species from Turkey on these host plants. KEY WORDS: Conifer aphid, new record, alien invasive species, Turkey With the increase in population, the demand of people for ornamental plants is constantly increasing and the countries that cannot supply the demand-supply balance import ornaments from different countries to meet the demand.