TurkJZool 31(2007)201-208 ©TÜB‹TAK NotesontheChrysopidae(Neuroptera)FaunaofArdahan,I¤d›rand KarsProvincesofTurkey ‹smailARI1,*,MetinAKTAfi2,SuatKIYAK2 1 KafkasUniversity,FacultyofScienceandLetters,BiologyDepartment,36100Kars-TURKEY 2 GaziUniversity,FacultyofScienceandLetters,BiologyDepartment,06500Teknikokullar,Ankara–TURKEY Received:05.08.2005 Abstract: Thisstudywasbasedon558specimensbelongingto23speciesof10generaofChrysopidaeoftheorderNeuroptera. ThesespecimenswerecollectedfromArdahan,I¤d›randKarsprovincesbetween2001and2003.Amongthespecies, Dichochrysa ventralis Curtis,1834isanewrecordfortheTurkishNeuropterafauna.Thedistributionofeachspecies,worldwideandinTurkey, isalsopresented. KeyWords: Neuroptera,Chrysopidae,fauna,Turkey Türkiye’ninArdahan,I¤d›rveKars‹lleriChrysopidae(Neuroptera)Faunas›ÜzerineNotlar Özet: Buçal›flma,Neuropteratak›m›Chrysopidaefamilyas›n›n10cinsve23türüneait558örne¤edayanmaktad›rvebuörnekler 2001-2003y›llar›aras›ndaArdahan,I¤d›rveKarsillerindentoplanm›flt›r.Türleraras›ndan Dichochrysaventralis Curtis1834 TürkiyeNeuropterafaunas›içinyenikay›tt›r.HerbirtürünTürkiyevedünyadakida¤›l›m›daverilmifltir. AnahtarSözcükler: Neuroptera,Chrysopidae,fauna,Türkiye Introduction Thenorth-eastregionofTurkeywaschosenforthe TheChrysopidaeisoneofthelargestand presentstudyoftheNeuropterafaunaandtothebestof economicallymostimportantfamiliesoftheNeuroptera. ourknowledgetherearenopreviousstudiesofthe Thefamilyincludesover1200currentlyrecognised Chrysopidaefaunainthisregion.Thestudyareaconsists speciesandsubspeciesthataredividedbetween86 ofvariousecosystems,suchasforest,steppevegetation, generaandsubgenera.Thelarvaeofallspeciesandadults cultureplantsandmarshes.Mediterraneanandterrestrial ofafewgeneraarepredaceousandmostfeedonaphids, climateprevailsintheareaofstudy.Thetopographic coccidsandothersoft-bodiedinsectstheyencounteron structureoftheregionisquiteheterogeneous.The foliage.Forthisreason,somespecieshavebeenreared presentstudyaimedtoidentifytheChrysopidaefaunaof andsuccessfullyusedforthebiologicalcontrolof Ardahan,I¤dırandKarsprovinces. agriculturalpests(BrooksandBarnard,1990). TheChrysopidaefaunaofTurkeyhasnotyetbeen MaterialsandMethods completedandrequiresfurtherdetailedstudy.Toreach Intotal,558specimenswerecollectedusinganet thisgoal,regionalfieldstudiesshouldbecarriedoutin trapandalighttrap(aprojectorwithwhitelight)in everypartofTurkey,yethavehithertobeenconducted Ardahan,I¤dırandKarsprovincesbetweenApriland onlyinthewesternpartsofthecountry;theeastern Septemberof2001-2003.Afterspecimenswere partsofTurkeyhaverarelybeenstudied(Hölzel,1967a, captured,theywerekilledinjarswithethylacetate,kept 1967b;Gepp,1974;fiengonca,1979,1980,1981; inpaperenvelopesandbroughttothelaboratory.They Aspöcketal.,1980,2001). wererelaxedinboxeswithwatervapourandthenspread *E-mail:[email protected] 201 NotesontheChrysopidae(Neuroptera)FaunaofArdahan,I¤d›randKarsProvincesofTurkey out.Eachspecimenwasexaminedandwerethenlabelled 3.7.2002,5 ¶¶,1 ;Sarıkamıfl(Karakurt),1560-1660 andputinboxesasentomologicalmuseummaterials, m,24.7.2002,4 ¶¶;Sarıkamıfl(Topyazı),1940m, accordingtoBorroretal.(1992)andKıyak(2000). 25.7.2002,3 ¶¶,1 ;Ka¤ızman(Akçay),1315m, Hölzel(1965,1967b,1978),Aspöcketal.(1980),Duelli 10.8.2002,1 ¶;Selim(Cumhuriyet),1795m, (1996),andfiengonca(1980)werefollowedtoidentify 17.8.2002,3¶¶,1;Sarıkamıfl(Mescitli),1555-1730m, thespecimens.Allthespecimensarestoredinthe 20.8.2002,3 ¶¶,4 ;Selim(Karahamza),1855m, ZoologicalMuseumoftheFacultyofScienceandLetters 22.8.2002,1 ¶; Ardahan (Çamlıçatak),1860-1990m, atGaziUniversity,Ankara,Turkey. 28.7.2001,2 ;(vicinityofArdahan),1810-1860m, 29.7.2001,6¶¶,1;(Göle),2040m,30.7.2001,4 ¶¶, 1;(vicinityofArdahan),2005-2040m,1.8.2001,3¶¶, Results 1;(Hanak),1950-2100m,2.8.2001,2 ;(Çıldır), ChrysopidaeSchneider,1851 1950-2100m,4.8.2001,9 ¶¶,2;(Posof),1520m, ChrysopinaeSchneider,1851 5.8.2001,1 ¶,1 ;(thebankofPosofStream),1380- 1400m,6.8.2001,2 ¶¶;Posof(Asmakonak),1450m, Italochrysaitalica (Rossi,1970) 7.8.2001,1 ¶;(IlgarMountain),1510-1860m, Materialsexamined:I¤dır (Karakoyunlu),860m, 28.7.2002,10¶¶,2;Posof(Eminbey),1450-1500m, 29.8.2003,1¶;(Aralık),810m,1.9.2003,1;(Küllük), 30.7.2002,7 ¶¶;Damal(Sö¤ütören),2155m, 895m,2.9.2003,1;(sideofI¤dır-A¤rıroad),1070m, 1.8.2002,1¶;Çıldır(Beyrehatun),1920m,6.8.2002, 3.9.2003,3¶¶,total:6specimens. 1;Çıldır(Do¤ruyol),2045m,7.8.2002,1 ¶; I¤dır DistributioninTurkey: Adıyaman,Ankara,Çanakkale, (Tuzluca),1120-1140m,20.8.2001,19¶¶,1;(Aralık), ‹zmir,Kahramanmarafl,KonyaandMersin(Hölzel, 815m,17.8.2001,7 ¶¶;Aralık(Yenido¤an),1100m, 1967a;KıyakandÖzdikmen,1993;Canbulat,1998;Arı 25.5.2002,2 ¶¶;(Tuzluca),910m,27.5.2002,2 ; andKıyak,2000;SatarandÖzbay,2004;Canbulatand (Tuzluca),1100-1170m,28.5.2002,2¶¶,3;Tuzluca Kıyak,2005). (Pernot),1055-1100m,29.5.2002,6¶¶,7;(Aralık), 820m,23.6.2002,6 ¶¶,1 ;(Aralık),815m, GeneralDistribution: Bulgaria,France,Iraq,Israel, 24.6.2002,3 ¶¶,3 ;(Tuzluca),990-1005m, Spain,Italy,Switzerland,Lebanon,Egypt,Portugal, 26.6.2002,2¶¶,2;Tuzluca(Gaziler),1030-1075m, Romania,TurkeyandGreece(Brauer,1876;Aspöcket 1.7.2002,4¶¶,3,total:282specimens. al.,1980,1996;Santas,1984;Popov,2002a). DistributioninTurkey: Adana,Adıyaman,A¤rı, Brinckochrysaamseli(Hölzel,1967) Amasya,Ankara,Antalya,Artvin,Aydın,Batman,Bitlis, Materialexamined:I¤dır (Küllük),895m, Burdur,Çanakkale,Denizli,Diyarbakır,Edirne,Erzurum, 2.9.2003,1,total:1specimen. Gaziantep,Hakkari,Isparta,‹stanbul,‹zmir, DistributioninTurkey: Adana(fiengonca,1981). Kahramanmarafl,Kayseri,Kırflehir,Malatya,Mardin, Mersin,Mu¤la,Samsun,Siirt,fianlıurfa,fiırnak,Tokat, GeneralDistribution:AnatoliaandAfghanistan TrabzonandVan(fiengonca,1979,1981;Monserratand (Hölzel,1967a;Aspöcketal.,1980,1996,2001). Hölzel,1987;KıyakandÖzdikmen,1993;Canbulat, Chrysoperlacarnea (Stephens,1836) 1998,2002;ArıandKıyak,2000;OnarandAktaç, Materialsexamined:Kars (Sarıkamıfl),2025-2100 2002;CanbulatandÖzsaraç,2004;SatarandÖzbay, m,10.7.2001,7 ¶¶,3;Selim(Cumhuriyet),1775m, 2004;CanbulatandKıyak,2005). 11.7.2001,16 ¶¶,7 ;(Ka¤ızman),1250-1300m, GeneralDistribution: Germany,America,Albania, 14.7.2001,7 ¶¶,4 ;(Arpaçay),1775m,16.7.2001, Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Algeria,Czechoslovakia, 5¶¶;(fiahnalar),1750-1800m,17.7.2001,24¶¶,11; Denmark,Morocco,Finland,France,Holland,England, (Susuz),1750-1800m,23.7.2001,18¶¶,7;(Digor), Iran,Ireland,Israel,Sweden,Switzerland,Spain,Italy, 1640-1700m,24.7.2001,1 ¶,2 ;(Digor),1515- Cyprus,Lebanon,Libya,Luxembourg,Hungary,Malta, 1540m,30.6.2002,2 ;(Digor),1675-1725m, Egypt,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia, 30.5.2002,3 ¶¶,2 ;(Da¤pınarı),2000-2020m; Syria,Tunisia,Turkey,YugoslaviaandGreece(Brauer, 25.7.2001,4 ¶¶,1 ;Ka¤ızman(Paslı),1655-1685m, 1876;Hölzel,1966;Aspöcketal.,1980,1996; 202 ‹.ARI,M.AKTAfi,S.KIYAK Alrouechdi,1984;Santas,1984;Dinkinsetal.,1994; Slovenia,Ukraine,YugoslaviaandGreece(Brauer,1876; Paulin,2002;Popov,2002b). Aspöcketal.,1980,1996). ChrysopadorsalisBurmeister,1839 ChrysopaformosaBrauer,1850 Materialsexamined:Ardahan (Çamlıçatak),1900 Materialsexamined:Kars (Ka¤ızman- m,28.7.2001,2 ¶¶;Göle(Karıncadüzü),2005m, De¤irmendere),1370m,13.8.2002,1 ; Ardahan 30.7.2001,3 ¶¶,1 ;(thesideofArdahan-Göleroad), (Göle,nearDe¤irmenlidere),1590m,21.7.2003,1 ¶, 1850-1900m,1.8.2001,1¶,2;(Hanak),1950-2000 1,total:3specimens. m,2.8.2001,3 ¶¶;Posof(Asmakonak),1550-1600m, DistributioninTurkey:Adana,Ankara,Antalya, 6.8.2001,2 ¶¶,2 ;Posof(Çamyazı),1600-1650m, Burdur,Denizli,Isparta,‹stanbul,‹zmir,Kırflehirand 10.8.2001,1¶,2;(Göle,nearDe¤irmenlidere),1590 Mu¤la(fiengonca,1981;ArıandKıyak,2000;Canbulat m,21.7.2003,1 ¶;(Çamlıçatak),1865m,19.8.2003, andÖzsaraç,2004;CanbulatandKıyak,2005). 1¶;Göle(Budaklı),2005m,4.8.2002,1 ¶;Çıldır (Beyrehatun),1900m,6.8.2002,1 ¶;Kars (Sarıkamıfl), GeneralDistribution: Afghanistan,Albania,Germany, 2050-2100m,23.7.2002,4 ¶¶,3 ;Sarıkamıfl Austria,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Algeria,Czechoslovakia, (Mescitli),1615m,28.7.2002,1 ;Sarıkamıfl(Mescitli), Armenia,France,Morocco,Georgia,Croatia,Iran, 1575-1700m,20.8.2002,5 ,3 ¶¶,total:39 Switzerland,Italy,Japan,Kazakhstan,NorthChina, specimens. Korea,Latvia,Lebanon,Hungary,Malta,Mongolia, Moldova,Pakistan,Portugal,Poland,Romania,Russia, DistributioninTurkey:AnkaraandMersin(fiengonca, Siberia,Slovenia,Tunisia,Turkmenistan,Ukraine, 1981). YugoslaviaandGreece(Brauer,1876;Aspöcketal., GeneralDistribution:Austria,Germany,Belgium, 1980,1996,2001;Santas,1984). Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia,Denmark,Finland,France, Chrysopaastarte Hölzel,1967 Georgia,Croatia,Holland,England,Spain,Israel, Switzerland,Italy,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Hungary, Materialsexamined:Kars (Sarıkamıfl),2080m, Norway,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovenia,Turkey, 23.7.2002,1 ;(thebankofKarsStream),1760m, Ukraine,YugoslaviaandGreece(Brauer,1876;Aspöcket 22.6.2002,1¶,total:2specimens. al.,1980,1996,2001;Popov,2002b). DistributioninTurkey:Anatolia(Hölzel,1967a; Chrysopaperla(Linnaeus,1758) fiengonca,1979,1981). Materialsexamined:Ardahan (Posofgendarme GeneralDistribution:Afghanistan,IranandPakistan station),1532m,5.8.2001,1 ¶;Posof(Yeniköy),1465 (Hölzel,1967a;Aspöcketal.,2001). m,6.8.2001,1 ¶;Posof(Asmakonak),1650m, ChrysopacurdicaHölzel,1967 8.8.2001,1 ;Posof(Çamyazı),1510-1890m, Materialsexamined:Kars (Ka¤ızman-Akçay),1185 28.7.2002,9 ¶¶,4 ;Posof(Eminbey),1440m, m,10.8.2002,1¶,1,total:2specimens. 30.7.2002,1¶;Göle(Budaklı),2010m,4.8.2002,1 ¶; (vicinityofGöle),21.7.2003,1 ¶,1575m,total:19 DistributioninTurkey: Van(Hölzel,1967b; specimens. fiengonca,1979,1981). DistributioninTurkey: Ankara,‹stanbul,Mu¤laand GeneralDistribution: EastAnatolia(Aspöcketal., centralandnorthernAnatolia(Schneider,1845;Aspöck 2001). etal.,1980,2001;fiengonca,1981). Chrysopawalkeri