African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Hymenoptera of NiÄŸde province: Studies on Sphecidae fauna

Ayla Tüzün and Serdar Yüksel
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ankara, Tandogan / Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 19 May 2010
  •  Published: 31 July 2010

Abstract

The present study is based on 1240 specimens obtained from the field studies in the vicinity of Nigde province in Turkey between the years of 2006 - 2008. In fauna studies carried out in NiÄŸde province between May 2006 - October 2008, the specimens of Sphecinae Latreille, 1802, Pempheredoninae Dahlbom, 1835,Astatianae Lepeletier, 1845, Crabroninae Latreille, 1802, Bembicinae Latreille, 1802,Philanthinae Latreille, 1802 sub-families belonging to Sphecidae family were collected. 52 of the collected specimens are new records for NiÄŸde province. Astata pontica Pulawski, 1958 species is a new record for Turkey.

 

Key words: Sphecidae, fauna, NiÄŸde, Turkey.