Determined Aphid and Ant Associations from Trabzon, Rize and Artvin Provinces of the Turkey

dc.contributor.authorAkyildirim, Hayal
dc.contributor.authorSenol, Ozhan
dc.contributor.authorGorur, Gazi
dc.contributor.authorAktac, Nihat
dc.contributor.authorDemirtas, Emin
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-01T13:38:39Z
dc.date.available2019-08-01T13:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentNiğde ÖHÜ
dc.description.abstractAphids and ant species are both diverse and extremely succesful groups of insects and often share the same habitats and therefore both have many oportunities to interact with each other. It has been shown that aphid-ant relationships have been shaped by various factors particularly aphid host plant's physological features, honeydew composition, feeding position and so on. Despite there are more than 500 aphid species and about 315 ant taxon in Turkey, there are very few studies conducted on their mutual relationship. This study was carried out in the Trabzon, Rize and Artvin provinces of Turkey. As a result of the evaluation of samples, it was determined that 48 aphid species associated with 15 ant species. The most encountered ant species, which interacted with different number of aphid species, were Formica cinereofusca Karawaiew, 1929, Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921 and Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792). Among determined aphid species Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 had the highest ant attraction and then Brachycaudus cardui (Linnaeus, 1758), Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877, Aphis spiraecola Patch, 1914, Cinara pilicornis (Hartig, 1841) and Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841 respectively. Determined aphid-ant associations are shaped by both ecological conditions of the study area, composition of aphid and ant populations and it was shown that there is no new aphid-ant species association. Findings of the presented study indicated that much more detailed study should be conducted to investigate aphid-ant mutualistic associations in Turkey.
dc.description.sponsorshipTUBITAK [107T450]
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors thank to the TUBITAK for partial financial support (Project 107T450) and Mustafa Isik who helped some aphid and ant collection.
dc.identifier.endpage37
dc.identifier.issn1302-0250
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84908027071
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage29
dc.identifier.trdizinid224619
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/4240
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000341280700004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.institutionauthor[0-Belirlenecek]
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGAZI ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOC
dc.relation.ispartofJOURNAL OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectAphid
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjecttrophobiosis
dc.subjectant attendance
dc.subjectmyrmecophily
dc.titleDetermined Aphid and Ant Associations from Trabzon, Rize and Artvin Provinces of the Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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