Contribution to the Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Species Damaging on Woody Plants in Bartın, Türkiye

Abstract

The aim of this study was an investigation of aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) species on woody plants in Bartın, Turkiye. The determined host plant species are included family of Salicaceae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, Leguminosae, Tiliaceae, etc. As a results of the study, totaly 31 species have been determined, which are Aphis craccivora Koch, A. fabae Scopoli, A. farinosa J. F. Gmelin,A. gossypii Glover, Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy), Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach), B. (Acaudus) persicae (Passerini),Myzus cerasi (Fabricius), Cavariella theobaldi (Gillette & Bragg), Phorodon humuli (Schrank), Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch,Ch. melanosiphon Pintera, Ch. populeti (Panzer), Ch. populialbae (Boyer de Fonscolombe), Ch. salicti (Schrank), Ch. tremulae Koch, Ch. versicolor Koch, Cinara brauni Börner, C. cedri Mimeur, C. confinis (Koch), Cinara pectinatae (Nördlinger),C. pinea (Mordvilko), C. pini (Linnaeus), C. pinivora (Wilson), C. cupressi (Buckton), C. matsumurana Hille Ris Lambers, C.schimitscheki Börner, Eucallipterus tiliae (Linnaeus), Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus), P. immunis Buckton, P. protospirae Lichtenstein. Of these recorded species, Cinara matsumurana and Chaitophorus melanosiphon were determined as new records for the Turkish aphid fauna. Cinara pinivora were also considered as possible new records but it has to be recollected and reidentified to reach final decision.