Species Composition of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in Saklikent Vicinity (Antalya, Turkey) with Observations on Potential Host Plants


ASLAN E. G., GÖK A., GÜRBÜZ M. F., AYVAZ Y.

JOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY, cilt.11, ss.7-18, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-18
  • Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The study was performed in Saklikent vicinity (Antalya), located at Beydaglan mountain range, during 2005 and 2006. A total of 130 Chrysomelidae species belonging to 35 genera and 9 subfamilies were recorded from various habitats of different altitude, topography and vegetation. Alticinae was the most dominant subfamily among the others representing about 63% of the all species collected. Host plant associations of 76 Chrysomelidae species out of 130 were determined and listed in a table. Fagaceae (11%) and Rosaceae (6%) were the mostly preferred host plant families representing Chrysomelidae species specialized to tree vegetation, while Lamiaceae (20%), Brassicaceae (16%), Scrophulariaceae (7%), Boraginaceae (6%), and Asteraceae (5%) were dominant host plant families for species feeding herbaceous vegetation.