Year 2015, Volume 61 Issue 2
Year : | 2015 |
Volume : | 61 |
Issue : | 2 |
Authors : | Halil BOLU, Cumali ÖZASLAN |
Title : | MANTIS RELIGIOSA L. (MANTODEA: MANTIDAE) A NEW HOST FOR PODAGRION PACHYMERUM WALKER (HYMENOPTERA: TORYMIDAE) IN TURKEY |
Abstract : | The present survey was carried out in ªanlıurfa province in rice fields during 2013-2014 on Xanthium strumarium L. and Cyperus glomeratus L. infested with the oothecea of European mantid Mantis religiosa L. (Mantodea: Mantidae). Torymid parasitoid, Podagrion pachymerum (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) was obtained from M. religiosa oothecea collected from X. strumarium and C. glomeratus species in ªanlıurfa province. M. religiosa is a new host record for P. pachymerum inTurkey. In addition, P. pachymerum is a new record for the insect fauna of Turkey. |
For citation : | Halil BOLU, Cumali ÖZASLAN (2015): MANTIS RELIGIOSA L. (MANTODEA: MANTIDAE) A NEW HOST FOR PODAGRION PACHYMERUM WALKER (HYMENOPTERA: TORYMIDAE) IN TURKEY. Agriculture & Forestry, Vol. 61, Issue 2: 183-187, 2015, Podgorica |
Keywords : | Mantis religiosa, Podagrion pachymerum, new host, new record, Turkey |
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