Harmful insects and their predator species on trees and shrubs in Burdur urban parks

Field studies were carried out between April and November in 2018-2019 to identify the pest insect species and their predators associated with ornamental tree and shrubs in the urban parks of Burdur, Turkey. We selected 16 parks in the city centre for this study and visited each park 3-4 times per year. We collected pest and predator species and host plant samples and transferred them to the laboratory for preparation and identification. We examined 109 plant taxa during the present study. We found 104 pest insect species belonging to Aphididae (48 species), Coccoidae (1), Pseudococcidae (1), Diaspididae (3), Marchalinidae (1), Tingidae (1), Psyllidae (3), Cicadellidae (3), Miridae (7), Lygaeidae (6), Coreidae (2), Rhapolidae (2), Pentatomidae (4), Cixidae (1), Apionidae (3), Chrysomelidae (4), Curculionidae (8), Malachidae (1), Elateridae (1), Tortricidae (1) and Notodontidae (1). The most common phytophagous species were Aphis (Aphis) craccivora Koch, 1854, Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (Del Guercio, 1909) and Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aphididae), and Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius, 1883) (Marchalinidae). Aphis berberidorum Ortego & Mier Durante, 1997, Hannabura alnicola Matsumura, 1917, Prociphilus (Meliarhizophagus) fraxinifolii (Riley, 1879) (Aphididae) and Anthocomus equestris (Fabricius, 1781) (Malachidae) are new records for Turkey. We also found a total of 34 predator insect species associated with phtophagous species identified in the present study. Families of these predators and number of the identified species were as follows: Nabidae (1), Miridae (2), Anthocoridae (3), Coccinellidae (24), Cantharidae (2), Srypidae (1), and Forficulidae (1). The most common predator species were those associated with aphids: Adalia (Adalia) bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei (Mulsant, 1866), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758), Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant, 1850), (Coccinellidae) and Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus Remane, 1949 (Nabidae). Key words: Burdur, Landscape areas, Park, Pest insects, Predator species