Uluslararası Anadolu Ziraat Mühendisliği Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Seval ZEYBEK, Emine ÇIKMAN

Konular:Ziraat

Anahtar Kelimeler:Cheironitis pamphilus,Scarabaeidae,Karacadağ,Pitfall Trap,Ecology

Özet: Cheionitis pamphilus (Ménétriés, 1849) is an active species that attracts attention among dung insects according to both morphological and ecological characteristics. This study was conducted during 2017-18 to follow C. pamphilus ‘s presence in the region, ecology and relationship with different fertilizer materials in the area of Karacadağ where is include Diyarbakır, Mardin and Şanlıurfa provinces. Karacadağ was separated into four regions (I. Siverek (Şanlıurfa), II. Viranşehir (Şanlıurfa), III. Derik (Mardin), IV. Çınar (Diyarbakır) and each regions were visited every fifteen days between May and October. In this study pit traps, water traps and light traps were used to collect adults of this species. The feces of cattle, donkeys, sheep, camel and winged animal were used as attractant source in the traps as well as in open field experiments. At the same time, except of the traps, animal feces in the field were controlled physically and adults were taken as examples. According to the results obtained from field studies; a total of 664 including 279 and 385 adults were collected during 2017 and 2018 respectively. Thesis includes 446 from cattle and 4 from poultryfeces. The first scarabaeid has been C. pamphilus which came to cattle feces 2 hours 42 minutes later at totaly 6 measurements to be once a month in 2018. Also C. pamphilus was fist record for Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır provinces.

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