The natural enemies of whiteflies (hemiptera: aleyrodidae) in southern anatolia

In this study, a total of 48 natural enemies was found associated with 17 aleyrodid species from among the 26 aleyrodid species known from Southern Anatolia. In addition to these natural enemies, one species, Acletoxenus formosus Loew (Diptera: Drosophilidae), was identified as a first record for the Turkish fauna. The most common natural enemies, found on most whitefly species, were Cladosporum sp. (fungi), Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Conwentzia hageni Banks (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae), Clitostethus arcuatus Rossi, Serangium montazerii Fürsch, Chilocorus bipustulatus L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Encarsia inaron Walker (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

The Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) on Bamboos in the Western-Palearctic Region: New Records and Distributional Data. Acta zoologica. bulgarica, Suppl.

Bamboos were introduced into Europe from China and Japan in the early 1800s and their cultivation in parks and gardens became quite popular. The frst records of scale insects on ornamental bamboos in Europe date to early in the XX century (i.e. Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis), but the presence of some species was unknown until recently due to their concealed habit (i.e. Balanococcus kwoni Pellizzari & Danzig). More recently, the increasingly world-wide trade of ornamental bamboos has led to the incidental introduction and spread of bamboo scales far from their native land. Due to recent surveys carried out in parks, commercial centres and nurseries in the Western Palearctic, several scale insects linked to bamboos, not previously recorded, have been discovered, namely Pseudococcidae: Antonina pretiosa Ferris and Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) and Diaspididae: Batarasa lumampao Takagi, Odonaspis serrata Ben-Dov, Poliaspoides bambusae Ülgenturk & Pellizzari and Poliaspoides formosana (Takahashi). An overview of the presence, distribution and spread of other bamboo scale insects (i.e.Balanococcus kwoni, Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell), Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval) Odonaspis greeni (Cockerell)) known from the Region is reported

Faunistic studies on Aleyrodidae species of Bartin and Kastamonu provinces [Bartin ve Kastamonu illeri Aleyrodidae türleri üzerinde faunistik çalişmalar]

The aim of this study was to determine Aleyrodidae fauna in Bartin and Kastamonu provinces. Two [Aleurochiton acerinus Haupt, Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky)] were new records for the Turkish fauna among the totally 8 species determined in the Region. Their identification, host plants, and distribution in Turkey and in the world were presented as detailed

Predators of Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) on pine forests in Turkey

The honeydew of Marchalina hellenica is collected by honeybees for pine honey production, which is of great economic importance in Turkey. During 2009-2011 we investigated the predators of M. hellenica, which is distributed mainly in the areas with a Mediterranean climate - in the Aegean, Marmara and Mediterranean regions of Turkey. The findings showed that M. hellenica has many predators in the studied areas and that these play an important role in the forest ecosystem. These predators are: Anystis baccarum (L.) (Acarina: Anystidae); Allothrombium triticium Zhang and Allothrombium pulvinum Ewing (Acarina: Trombidiidae); Neoleucopis kartliana (Tanasijtshuk) (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae); Myrrha octodecimguttata (L.), Rodolia cardinalis Mulstant, Scymnus subvillosus (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Dichochrysa genei (Rambur), Dichochrysa prasina (Burmeister) and Chrysoperla lucasina (Lacroix) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae); Wesmaelius subnebulosus (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae), Cardiastethus nazarenus Reuter and Elatophilus pachycnemis Horvath (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae). The most efficient and common predator was N. kartliana, here recorded for the first time from Turkey