Buprestidae (Coleoptera) species in stone fruit trees in Tekirdağ province

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) species ofstone fruit trees in Tekirdağ. Field studies was conducted in 4 different districts;Malkara, Muratlı, Şarköy and Süleymanpaşa between March 2014-January 2016.Samplings and observations on cherry, peach and plum orchards will be carriedout representing at least 10% of the total area. Species of the family Buprestidaeand their densities was determined using different sampling methods as visualobservation, trapping, and beating. A total of 13 species belonging to 9 generawere identified. These species were; Anthaxia (Anthaxia) nitidula signaticollisKrynicki, 1832, Anthaxia (Haplantaxia) cichorii (Olivier, 1790), Anthaxia(Anthaxia) bicolor (Faldermann, 1835), Agrilus viridis L., 1758, Capnodistenebricosa (Olivier, 1790), Capnodis tenebrionis (L., 1758), Chalcophorella(Chalcophorella) stigmatica (Schoenherr, 1817), Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris)affinis (Fabricius, 1794), Julodis ehrenbergii Lamporte & Gory 1835, Ovalisia(Palmar) balcanica (Kirschberg, 1876), Ovalisia (Scintillatrix) gloriosa (Marseul,1865), Perotis lugubris (Fabricius, 1777) and Ptosima undecimmaculata (Herbst,1784). The most common species was Capnodis tenebrionis and the highestpopulation was determined in cherry orchard.