Investigations on coccinellidae (coleoptera) fauna in agricultural and non-agricultural areas of Tekirdağ province

Most of the species in the Coccinellidae family are predatory species. For this reason, it is an important part of biological control and/or IPM in plant protection. Therefore, in order to determine the status of this family in Tekirdağ province, survey studies were carried out in Malkara, Saray, Süleymanpaşa and Şarköy districts in the years 2020-2021. As a result of the surveys; Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus), Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus), Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus), Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi), Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus), Coccinella undecimpunctata (Linnaeus), Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata (Linnaeus), Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze), Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus), Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan), Henosepilachna argus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy), Henosepilachna elateri (Rossi), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), Hyperaspis campestris (Herbst.), Hyperaspis quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher), Myrrha octodecimguttata (Linnaeus), Nephus horioni Fürsch, Nephus nigricans (Weise), Nephus quadrimaculatus quadrimaculatus (Herbst), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus), Pharoscymnus pharoides (Marseul), Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze), Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus), Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus), Scymnus apetzi (Mulsant), Scymnus (Pullus) flagellisiphonatus (Fürsch), Scymnus (Pullus) haemorrhoidalis Herbst, Scymnus interruptus (Goeze), Scymnus marginalis (Rossi), Scymnus pallipediformis (Günther), Scymnus rubromaculatus (Goeze), Scymnus (Pullus) subvillosus (Goeze), Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis Thunberg, Scymnus quadriguttatus Fürsch and Kreissl, Stethorus gilvifrons (Mulsant), Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (Linnaeus), Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus) and Vibidia duodecimguttata (Poda) species were determined.