Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science
Author
Çerçi, Bariş
Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Author
Karataş, Ahmet
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Niğde Ö. H. University, Niğde, Turkey
Author
Karataş, Ayşegül
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Niğde Ö. H. University, Niğde, Turkey
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-20
5057
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.1
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1175-5326
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Perillus bioculatus
(Fabricius, 1775)
—Two-spotted Stink Bug
(
Fig. 5
)
Distribution in
Turkey
(
Map 5
):
Amasya
,
Ankara
,
Edirne
,
Kırklareli
,
Tekirdağ
(
Kıvan 2004
;
Fent & Aktaç 2007
;
Dursun & Fent 2018
;
Kıyak
et al.
2019
);
Bolu
,
Kastamonu
,
Zonguldak
(this study).
New records by citizen scientists in
Turkey
:
1
.
Amasya
:
Merzifon
,
25.VII.2017
(
Şeker 2017
).
2
.
Bolu
: road to
Avdan Village
,
16.XI.2020
(
Okur, 2020
).
3
.
Kastamonu
(centre),
14.VI.2016
(
Yaşayacak 2016
).
4
.
Zonguldak
(centre),
14.X.2019
(
Aşar 2019
)
.
FIGURE 5
.
Perillus bioculatus
(Fabricius, 1775)
: A. Specimen from Amasya (photo: A. Şeker), B. Specimen from Kastamonu (photo: H. Yaşayacak).
Comments
:
P. bioculatus
is originally a Nearctic species (
Rabitsch 2008
) and it was introduced to
Algeria
,
Greece
,
Serbia
and
Turkey
in Europe (
Aukema 2021
). This alien insect was firstly reported from
Tekirdağ
in 1997 (
Kıvan 2004
). However, the oldest material in
Turkey
was collected in
Edirne
in 1993 (
Fent & Aktaç 2007
). Later, its distribution range expanded in the West and Central Black Sea and also
Ankara
in Central
Anatolia
(
Dursun & Fent 2018
;
Kıyak
et al.
2019
; this study). Probably it may appear in the provinces in between these regions. Therefore, additional observations are needed. Two of the new records were obtained in mid-summer (June, July) and the other two in autumn (October, November) (
Graph 5
).