20 Kas 2024 Çarşamba
Updated data of Turkish members of the genus Mallosia Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) with new records
Abstract : The paper presents updated data of all Turkish Mallosia taxa with new data on distribution patterns. It is determined that Turkish Mallosia includes twelve species-group taxa of four subgenera. Accordingly, the distribution range of seven of twelve species-group taxa is expanded by determining new provincial records for them. Mallosia costata Pic is the first record for Kahramanmaraş and Van provinces, and therefore, it is recorded for the first time from Turkey with exact localities. Also, Mallosia armeniaca Pic and Mallosia interrupta interrupta Pic for Elazığ province, Mallosia herminae Reitter for Ağrı, Bitlis, Elazığ, Siirt provinces, Mallosia imperatrix tauricola K. Daniel for Adana, Erzincan, Kahramanmaraş and Tunceli provinces, Mallosia mirabilis mirabilis (Faldermann) for Van province, and Mallosia scovitzii (Faldermann) for Bingöl and Gümüşhane provinces are the first records. In addition, a total of six of twelve species-group taxa of Turkish Mallosia were originally described from Turkey. Among them, four species-group taxa as Mallosia nonnigra Özdikmen & Aytar, Mallosia imperatrix tauricola K. Daniel, Mallosia interrupta capulcu Koçak & Kemal, and Mallosia mirabilis devexula Holzschuh are still endemics to Turkey. Therefore, endemism ratio of Turkish Mallosia species-group taxa is 25%. Moreover, some host plants were determined for nine of twelve species-group taxa of Turkish Mallosia in the present study. Host plants of only three species-group taxa of Turkish Mallosia as Mallosia nonnigra Özdikmen & Aytar, Mallosia interrupta capulcu Koçak & Kemal, and Mallosia mirabilis devexula Holzschuh are still unknown. Apparently, the members of Turkish Mallosia are polyphagous in herbaceous plants of Apiaceae family.