Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Feldheuschrecken (Caelifera) Anatoliens

The Orthoptera of Şanliurfa province from the Mesopotamian part of Turkey

“…The sped- mens were identified by using Bolívar (1899); Werner (1901); Uvarov (1929Uvarov ( , 1930Uvarov ( , 1934; Beî-Bienko (1954); Beï-Bienko & Mistshenko (1951); Ramme (1951); Karabag (1949Karabag ( , 1958Karabag ( , 1975; Karabag et al (1971Karabag et al ( , 1974; Weidner (1969); Harz (1969Harz ( , 1975Harz ( , 1983; Demirsoy (1975Demirsoy ( , 1977Demirsoy ( , 1979; Salman (1978); Soltani (1978); Gümüs,suyu (1981); Willemse (1984); Çiplak & Demirsoy (1990Çiplak & Demirsoy ( , 1995Çiplak & Demirsoy ( , 1996Çiplak et al (1993); Naskrecki & Ünal (1995). The collected material were also compared with specimens preserved in the Biological Museums of Akdeniz University (Antalya) and Hacettepe University (Ankara).…”

“…Discussion: Various authors stated that the genus Eremopeza has two subspecies living in Çanlmrfa (Uvarov, 1934;Karabag, 1958;Weidner, 1969;Demirsoy, 1977). All of our specimens were collected from the same area and belong to the subspecies E. gibbera gibbera, not E. gibbera lata.…”

“…It is interesting to note that the study area is a natural pathway, used by syrio-eremial faunistic elements to move into Anatolia (Uvarov, 1921;de Lattin, 1967;Weidner, 1969;Demirsoy, 1977Demirsoy, , 1979Demirsoy, , 1996Çiplak et al, 1993, 1996a. Roughly speaking, Upper Mesopotamia is the upper natural range border of the syrio-eremial faunistic elements, and the occurrence of Thmethis pulchripennis asiaticus, Saga ephippigera, Pyrgomorpha spp., Eremopeza sp., Locusta migratoria, Dociostaurus (Notostaurus) anatolicus, Derycorys tibialis, Prionotropis maculinervis urfaensis, and Sphingonotus spp.…”

“…The greatest contributions to this were made by Uvarov (1921Uvarov ( , 1929Uvarov ( , 1930Uvarov ( , 1934, Ramme (1951), Karabag (1949Karabag ( , 1958Karabag ( , 1975, Weidner (1969), Demirsoy (1975Demirsoy ( , 1977Demirsoy ( , 1979Demirsoy ( , 1996, Salman (1978), Gümü §suyu (1978Gümü §suyu ( , 1981, Çiplak & Demirsoy (1990Çiplak & Demirsoy ( , 1995Çiplak & Demirsoy ( , 1996 and Çiplak et al (1993, 1996a, b). The first significant information about the Orthoptera of §anhurfa was provided by Uvarov (1934) who reported about 30 species and subspecies, while Karabag (1958) included approximately 44 species for §anhurfa.…”

Morphometric Variation and Population Relationships of Krüper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi) in Turkey

“…M. maculatus is another example showing that morphological similarity causes a taxonomical conflict in the subfamily. According to the available literature, based on morphological characters for identification, the species is found commonly in highlands along the Black Sea basin of Anatolia and one additional locality in the south (Bei-Bienko and Mistshenko 1951, Ramme 1951, Karabag 1958, Weidner 1969, Harz 1975, Demirsoy 1977). S irin et al (2011 revealed the northern populations have clear song differentiations compared with the southern population, which therefore represents a distinct new species.…”