Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Elazig, Erzincan, Malatya and Tunceli Provinces from Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey

This study was carried our between 1982-2009 in order to determine the Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species from agricultural lands, non-agricultural areas in the provinces of Elazig, Erzincan, Malatya and Tunceli in East Anatolian Region. Sampling was done between May and August. In the study, a total of 121 specimens from 26 localities were examined, and 13 species belonging to 4 genera (Aphidius Nees, 1819; Binodoxys Mackauer, 1960; Diaeretiella StarATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE, 1960; Praon Haliday, 1833) were determined. The species of each genus are obtained Aphidius avenae Haliday, 1834; A. colemani Viereck, 1912; A. eadyi StarATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE, Gonzalez & Hall, 1980; A. ervi Haliday, 1834; A. matricariae Haliday, 1834; A. microlophii Pennachio & Tremblay, 1987; A. urticae Haliday, 1834; Binodoxys B. acalephae (Marshall, 1896); Diaeretiella, rapae (McIntosh, 1855); Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967; P. nonveilleri Tomanovic & Kavallieratos, 2003; P. volucre (Haliday, 1833). Praon barbatum is new record for Turkish Aphidiinae fauna. In the research area and in all five different habitats, A. ervi, A. matricariae, P. barbatum are found. It has been determined that A. avenae is the most limited species in terms of habitat preferences, being found in only one habitat. In terms of the number of species, it has been determined that herbaceous plants, clover fields and fruit gardens are the richest habitats in the region, respectively. When the provinces distributions of determined species were evaluated according to provinces in East Anatolian Region; Elazig province appears to have the highest number of species which 12 and Erzincan province has the lowest number with 3 species. With this research, new records were added to the Eastern Anatolia Region Aphidiinae fauna, and the number of Turkey Aphidiinae species was increased from 65 to 66.