Author/Authors :
Özkan, Nurcan Trakya Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
A preliminary study aimed the determination of larval Chironomidae (Diptera) species in Kapıdağ Peninsula
Abstract :
A field study has been carried out on the areas including streams and standing waters in Kapidag Peninsula on 27-29 August 2010. In this study, samples of mud have been collected from 30 localities. Organisms are cleaned under the binocular microscope in the laboratory. Then, the identification of chironomid larvae is carried out. In the Island, 55 species belonging to 4 subfamilies have been found. Among these 26 species belong to Chrinominae, 1 to Prodiamesinae, 5 to Orthocladiinae and 23 to Tanypodinae. All the detected species are new records for the Kapidag Peninsula and Polypedilum laetum (Meigen, 1818) and Larsia curticalcar (Kieffer, 1918) are new for Marmara Region.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Diptera , Chironomidae , Larva , Kapidag Peninsula , Turkey
JournalTitle :
Ege Journal Of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
