PREDATOR SPECIES DETERMINED ON APHID (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) IN ŞANLIURFA AND ADIYAMAN PROVİNCES OF TURKEY

This study was carried out to determine predators of Aphid species in Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman provinces in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey between 2006 and 2007. Aphid predator species were determined in cultivated and uncultivated fields and collected by suction tube. Also, the immature stages were collected with their predators and cultivated in order to obtain adults. It was determined 9 predator species belonging to 6 families and 5 orders in Diyarbakır province. It was found that 1 species belongs to Forficulidae of Dermaptera order, Chrysopidae of Neuroptera, 3 species belonging to Syrphidae of Diptera order, 2 species belonging to Miridae and Anthocoridae of Hemiptera order, 2 species belonging to Coccinellidae of Coleoptera order.