NEW DATA FOR TURKISH LONGHORNED BEETLES FAUNA FROM SOUTHERN TURKEY (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE)
2010; Volume: 5; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1306-3022
AutoresSemra Turgut, Hüseyin Özdikmen,
Tópico(s)Forest Insect Ecology and Management
ResumoIt includes results of an investigation on the longhorned beetles fauna of Gevne Valley and Geyik Mountains (Southern Turkey: Antalya-Konya provinces). Research area is Gevne Valley and Geyik Mountains (Geyik Mountain range) in the present work. Gevne Valley that is a deep valley about 25 km in length and 0.5-1 km in width, is in Hadim and Alanya Counties between Konya and Antalya provinces. It is a transition area between Mediterranean and Central Anatolian Regions of Turkey. Altitude of Gevne valley is 1100 m in the base of valley. Then suddenly rise up to 2200 m. A village (Beyreli) and many plateau present in the valley. These are Tosmur, Cayarasi, Ishakli and Elikesik plateau. Gevne stream starts at the beginning of the valley and run along a long distance. It merges to Goksu River at the end (Duman et al., 2000). Geyik Mountain range that creates a border separating Mediterranean Region and Central Anatolian Region of Turkey, includes Geyik Mountain, Ak Mountain, Yildiz Mountain and Seytan Mountain. Geyik Mountains is a branch of Western Taurus Mountains. Geyik Mountain is in N, NE and E of Gundogmus country. Seytan Mountain is in N of Ibradi. Yildiz Mountain is in S of Sugla Lake. Ak Mountain is in NE of Akseki County. MATERIAL AND METHOD For the present work, 2288 cerambycid specimens were collected by the authors from various parts of Gevne Valley and Geyik Mountains between March- September in 2006-2008 (Map 1). These specimens were deposited in Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey). The data were evaluated under the titles Material examined, and Remarks in the text. Chorotype classification was based on Taglianti et al. (1999).
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