Contribution to the aphid fauna of the Ordu province with first record of an exotic aphid species, Euceraphis gillettei Davidson, 1915, in Turkey

Authors: GAZİ GÖRÜR

Abstract: During the last 2 decades, aphid species have widely distributed outside their original geographical regions. North America originated Euceraphis gillettei was determined as a new contribution to the Turkey aphid fauna and in turn regarded as an exotic aphid species in Turkey. In addition, all of the determined species are new records for study area. Findings of the present study are in accordance with the predictions made by various aphidologist recently, which it is not going to be a surprise to add more species to the Turkish aphid fauna with a detailed study.

Keywords: Aphid, Euceraphis gillettei, exotic, Ordu, Turkey

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