New additions and invasive aphids for Turkey’s aphidofauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea)

Abstract

IntroductionAphidoidea is a large superfamily containing over 4500 aphid species worldwide (Remaudiere and Remaudiere, 1997;Blackman and Eastop, 2012). The Aphidoidea fauna of Turkey is one of the most diverse and fascinating in the Eurasian region, and studies about Turkey's aphid fauna have been conducted since the beginning of the 20th century. Initial studies pertaining to Turkish aphid fauna were revised by Çanakçıoğlu (1975), who listed 258 aphid species in the book Aphidoidae of Turkey. Following these studies, recent additions to the aphidofauna of Turkey were summarized by Remaudiere et al. (2006), Görür et al. (2012), and Şenol et al. (2014. A total of about 500 species in 141 genera and 3 families have been presented for the Turkish aphidofauna.In addition to faunistic studies, researchers have realized that during the last 2 decades some species have changed their native habitats due to fluctuations in the biotic and abiotic conditions that influence them. These species are referred to as invasive (Liu et al., 2010). Aphids are considered an important invasive species group due to their small size, high fecundity, short development time, cyclical parthenogenetic reproduction, host preferences, and close participation with their host plants (Mondor and Addicott, 2007). Moreover, increased global trade and recent climatic changes have resulted in the introduction and establishment of invasive aphid species into the different regions of the world as well as into Turkey. Turkey is in the Mediterranean Basin of the Palearctic region; only 2.4% of Turkey aphid fauna is native to Turkey (Akyıldırım et al., 2013). The aphid species that are considered invasive to the Turkish fauna originated from the Nearctic, Neotropic, Oriental, and Ethiopian regions. The objectives of this study are to give information about new records and invasive aphid species for the Turkish aphid fauna. Materials and methodsThis study was conducted in the Inner Western Anatolian Subregion (Kütahya, Afyonkarahisar, and Uşak provinces) of Turkey from April 2012 to July 2013. Samples (indicating each separate collection from different colonies, whether from the same host plant or different host plants) were processed in a laboratory according to the methods of Martin (1983). Processed samples were identified following Eastop (2006, 2012) and Quednau (1999Quednau ( , 2003, and their taxonomic statuses were checked in accordance with recently evaluated sources and literature (Favret, 2013;Nafría, 2013). Identified samples were deposited in the

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