DERMAPTERA FAUNA OF THE ECOLOGICALLY MANAGED CHERRY ORCHARDS IN WESTERN TURKEY
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2009
Yazarlar: Serdar TEZCAN, Peter Kocarek
Munis entomology & zoology, Uluslararası, 2009, cilt 4, ss 572-576
Özet
ABSTRACT: Four species, Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758, F. lurida Fischer, 1853, F. smyrnensis Serville, 1839 and Guanchia hincksi (Burr, 1947), belonging to family Forficulidae (Dermaptera) were recorded in ecologically managed cherry orchards ( Cerasus avium (L.)) located in Muradiye (Manisa) and Oren (Izmir), western Turkey. Specimens were collected mainly by fermenting bait traps and pitfall traps, and beating of the vegetation. Forficula smyrnensis was the most abundant species. It was recorded for the first time Manisa province, and Guanchia hincksi was recorded for the first time from Izmir province. KEY WORDS: Forficula , Guanchia , Cerasus avium , Forficulidae, Dermaptera, fauna, Turkey. To prevent the side effects of conventional agriculture to human health and environment, ecological agriculture applications have been started all over the world. In the last decade, its importance improved in Turkey and the application of ecological cherry production methods has been studied in a project in the important cherry production areas of western Turkey, during the years of 1998-2000 (Tezcan et al., 2001). In this project, different types of traps and different collection methods were used in both the monitoring and the control of insects in these orchards. Among different insect groups, Dermaptera species collected by diverse methods were evaluated in this study.