Determination of aphidspecies in Tatvan district of Bitlis province

This study was carried out to determine the aphid species belonging to the superfamily Aphidoidea on plants in agricultural and non-agricultural areas in Tatvan district of Bitlis province between March and November 2023-2024. The aphids collected in the study were classified on plant basis and identified according to their morphological characteristics. Aphids were identified according to their morphological characteristics and as a result of the diognosis, 24 genera belonging to 5 subfamilies Aphidinae, Callaphidinae, Chaitophorinae, Lachninae, Eriosomatinae belonging to the Aphidoidea superfamily of the Hemiptera order and 45 aphid species belonging to these genera were identified. The genera to which these species belong are; They were identified as Acyrthosiphon spp., Aphis spp., Brachycaudus spp., Chaitophorus spp., Chromaphis sp., Diurophis sp., Dysaphis sp., Hyalopterus sp., Lipaphis sp., Macrosiphum spp., Metopolophium sp., Myzaphis sp., Myzus spp., Neomyzus sp., Ovatus sp., Panaphis sp., Pemphigus sp., Pterochloroides sp., Rhapalosiphum sp., Schizaphis sp., Sitobion spp., Therioaphis sp., Tuberolachnus sp. and Uroleucon spp. The species belonging to these genera are; Acyrthosiphon lactucae (Passerini, 1860), A. pisum (Harris, 1776), Aphis cirsiphila (Pashtshenko, 1992), A. craccivora (Koch, 1854), A. fabae (Scopoli, 1763), A. gossypii (Glover, 1877), A. nasturtii (Kaltenbach, 1843), A. pomi (De Geer, 1773), A. spiraecola (Patch, 1914), A. tirucallis (Hille Ris Lambers, 1954), A. vallei (Hille Ris Lambers&Stroyan, 1959), Brachycaudus almatinus (Nevsky, 1951), B. (Thuleaphis) amygdalinus (Schoutedan, 1905), B. cardui (Linnaeus, 1758), B. helichrysi (Kaltenbach, 1843), B. persicae (Passerini, 1860), Chaitophorus leucomelas (Koch, 1854), C. niger (Mordvilko, 1929), Chromaphis juglandicola (Kaltenbach, 1843), Diurophis noxia (Mordvilko, 1913), Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini, 1860), D. pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy, 1762), Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach, 1843), Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas, 1878), M. mordvilkoi (Miyazaki, 1968), M. rosae (Linnaeus, 1758), Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker, 1849), Myzaphis rosarum (Kaltenbach, 1843), Myzus cerasi (Fabricus, 1775), M. ornatus (Laing, 1932), M. persicae (Sulzer, 1776), Neomyzus circumflexum (Buckton, 1876), Ovatus insitus (Walker,1849), Panaphis juglandis (Goeze, 1778), Pemphigus (Pemphigus) immunis (Buckton, 1896), Pterochloroides persicae (Cholodkovky, 1899), Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1761), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani, 1852), Sitobion africanum (Hille Ris Lambers, 1954), S. avenae (Fabricius, 1775), Therioaphis trifolii (Monell, 1882), Tuberolachnus salignus (Gmelin, 1790), Uroleucon cichorii (Koch, 1855) and Uroleucon compositiae (Theobald, 1915). In this study, Aphis gossypii (Glover, 1877), Brachycaudus persicae (Passerini, 1860), Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus, 1758), Myzus persicae (Sulzer, 1776) and Panaphis juglandis (Goeze, 1778) species belonging to Aphididae family were commonly observed.