Coleoptera Species Determined In Almond Orchards In Mugla and Manisa Provinces of Turkey and Species Feed On Almond

Abstract

This study has been carried out in Datça, Fethiye, Seydikemer and Akhisar, Kula localities of Turkey during the years 2014-2016. In this study, 127 insect genus/species belonging to 25 different families of Coleoptera order were determined. Anthonomus amygdali, and A. pyri feed on buds and flowers, Polydrusus quadriticollis, P. ponticus species feed on leaves, especially by consuming the edges of the leaves. Clytra novempunctata, Labidostomis longimana, L. rufa, Smaragdina limbata mainly feed on new shoots and leaves. Cerambyx carinatus, C. welensii, Prionus coriarius feed on wood tissues. Tatianaerhynchites aequatus and Rhynchites smyrnensis are mostly found on the fruit and feed on fruit on which they feed, and cause glue on fruit surface. It has been determined that Tropinota hirta and Oxythyrea cinctella feed on flowers and pollen. It was observed that Bostrichus capucinus and Scobicia chevrieri feed on wood tissues, Teratolytta dives and Eolydus atripes feed on leaves while Orsodacne variabilis feeds on flower, anther, filament and ovary organs.This study determined for the first time that B. capucinus, S. chevrieri, C. carinatus, C. welensii, P. coriarius, C. novempunctata, C. numidicus, Scolytus intricatus, Scolytus kirschii, T. dives, E. atripes and O. variabilis species feed on almond orchards. Apart from these species, all of the identified species were detected only and did not show any biological activity.