Hakan Çelik

This study was conducted in 2021 in the provinces of Diyarbakır (Bağlar, Çınar and Ergani districts), Mardin (Derik district) and Şanlıurfa (Siverek and Viranşehir districts), which are on the Karacadağ area. Aphididae and Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) species found on Kenger (Gundelia spp.) species growing naturally in the Karacadağ a...

This study was conducted in Diyarbakır (Ergani district) in 2019. The larvae of Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermüller, [1775]) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), which feed on the leaves of the weed Verbascum sp. (Lamiales: Scrophulariaceae) species naturally grown in the mountainous areas of Diyarbakır (Ergani district), were collected in large num...

In this study, individuals belonging to the Curculionidae family collected from the Southeastern Anatolia Region were examined. Samples were collected by namely the knocking and sweep net method between 1993-2019 dates. The collected specimens were identified by the second author after they were turned into standard museum material. As a result of...

New country and host records of Trichogramma species for Turkey are presented. Trichogramma aurosum Sugonjaev & Sorokina is recorded for the first time from Turkey, and a new species, T. zerynthiae Polaszek & Bolu, is described. Morphological identification based on dissected male genitalia is supplemented by molecular sequence data. http://www.zoo...

The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Kayapınar district) province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2019. Larvae and eggs of Tenthredinidae family was collected on Rosa spp. in Diyarbakır province of Turkey during October-November and brought to the laboratory for rearing. The larvae were reared in climatic chambers set 16 ho...

The paper presents new data on the leaf miner jewel beetle species Trachys phlyctaenoides Kolenati from Turkey (Diyarbakır province). The larvae of this species were collected on the host Alcea rosea L. (Malvaceae). The host plant is unknown for this species. Therefore, this host plant species and family are the first records for this species. So,...

The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Kayapınar district) province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2020. Reduviidae adults and larvae Tenthredinidae family was collected on Rose spp in Diyarbakır province of Turkey in November and brought to the laboratory for rearing. The larvae were reared at the temperature of 26±1°C, rel...

This study was conducted in 2019 on pine trees in Province of Diyarbakır (Sur District) in South-eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Shot samples were taken from the dried pine trees and brought to the laboratory. Samples were cultured in plastic containers at the temperature of 26±1°C, relative humidity of 65±5, and illumination of 3500 lux for 16...

A new dipteran larval parasitoid of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Billaea adelpha (Loew) (Diptera: Tachinidae) was reared from Xylotrechus sieversi baiocchii Rapuzzi & Sama, 2018 on Astragalus plants in Karacağ Mountain of Diyarbakır, Turkey. X. sieversi baiocchii was recorded for the first time as host of this parasitoid. Some infor...

All taxa of Turkish Xylotrechus Chevrolat, 1860 is reviewed and evaluated with their original combination, type information, synonyms, provincial distribution patterns in Turkey, range, chorotype and host plants. Turkish endemic subspecies Xylotrechus sieversi baiocchii Rapuzzi & Sama, 2018 recently described from Şırnak province is recorded for th...

This study was conducted in 2019 on pine trees in Dicle University Campus. Bark samples were taken from the dried pine trees and brought to the laboratory. Samples were cultured in plastic containers in 26 ± 1 O C, 65 ± 5% humidity and climatic chambers set to 16: 8 period. As a result of this study, Buprestis (Ancylocheira) dalmatina Mannerheim, 1...

The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Sur district) province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2019. Adults, nymphs and eggs of Heteroptera were collected on Alcea spp in Diyarbakır province of Turkey during September-October 2019 and brought to the laboratory for rearing. The nymphs were reared at the temperature of 26±1°C, r...

Exorista xanthaspis (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae) specimens are reared from the larvae of Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) collected in Batman province. U. pulchella is recorded for the first time as host of this parasitoid. Some additional information about the reared species and its host is also provided.

The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Kayapınar district) province in Southeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey between 2016 and 2017. Recently, nymphs of a lace bug were collected from the leafs of Althaea spp. (Malvaceae) in Diyarbakır province of Turkey during February-November 2016-2017 and were brought to the laboratory for rearing. T...