Eastern Anatolia Region Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Species Diversity: Part 1 (Lepturinae, Spondyliınidae and Cerambycinae)


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Tatar M., Tozlu G.

Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi, vol.10, no.2, pp.330-354, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The scope of the study, was aimed to reveal species diversity and host with this study the faunistic and systematic of the Cerambycid family, which is included in the Coleoptera order with rich species diversity, was carried out within the provinces of Ağrı, Ardahan, Bayburt, Bingöl, Erzurum, Iğdır, Kars and Muş, which is a gateway region for Transcaucasia, Mesopotamia and Anatolia, in the Eastern Anatolia Region. The samples obtained from the field studies carried out in the aforementioned provinces between April and September of 2021 constitute the material of the study. As a result of the study, a total of 33 species were obtained, 17 from Lepturinae, 1 from Spondylidinae, 15 from Cerambycinae. Of these species 8 in Ardahan, 3 in Bayburt, 3 in Bingöl, 9 in Erzurum, 2 in Iğdır, 4 in Kars and 1 in Muş provinces were detected for the first time. With this study, new localities were added to the distribution of Cerambycid species and information was given about the hosts and habitat area of some species. In the following years, useful information has been given for researchers who will work on this subject, and the biological richness of the region in terms of this family has been tried to be revealed.