Notes on the Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) Fauna of Ardahan, Iğdır and Kars Provinces of Turkey

Authors: İSMAİL ARI, METİN AKTAŞ, SUAT KIYAK

Abstract: This study was based on 558 specimens belonging to 23 species of 10 genera of Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. These specimens were collected from Ardahan, Iğdır and Kars provinces between 2001 and 2003. Among the species, Dichochrysa ventralis Curtis, 1834 is a new record for the Turkish Neuroptera fauna. The distribution of each species, worldwide and in Turkey, is also presented.

Keywords: Neuroptera, Chrysopidae, fauna, Turkey

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