Four new records for the Turkish fauna (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Leptopodomorpha)

Abstract :

During 2000-2002, authors collected aquatic Heteroptera in Turkey. Analysis of that material produced four species of semiaquatic bugs not recorded in Turkey before: Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773), Gerris gibbifer (Schummel, 1832) belonging to the family Gerridae, Saldula fucicola (Sahlberg, 1870), Salda morio Zetterstedt, 1838 belonging to the family Saldidae. With this new records, the number of species and subspecies of Infraorder Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha increases to 49.


Keyword :

Heteroptera, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Turkey, new record


Author(s) : Kıyak, S., Canbolat, S., Salur, A.
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Published Issue : 2007 Vol. 2 Number 2


2007 Vol. 2 Number 2