Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)
Dobosz Roland - Ábrahám Levente: Adatok Törökország kardosfátyolka faunájához (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae)
124 Natura Somogyiensis Discussion Turkey’s Nemopteridae fauna, in comparison with that of Europe (Aspöck et al. 2001), is extremely rich. The Nemopteridae fauna of Asia Minor includes several endemic species belonging to Lertha genus (L. vartianiae, L. schmidti, L. sheppardi). For several of the species (eg. L. ledereri, N. aegyptica) it is here that they reach the northernmost or westernmost limits of their distribution range. Among the Nemopteridae species listed hereby there were 2 species that were found in the fauna of the country for the first time, which allows the conclusion that other species might also be found {Lertha, Dielocroce) in the future, because the eastern parts of Turkey is open towards the Asian areas, despite the presence of high mountains. Most likely it is the Turkish Neuroptera fauna researchers, having achieved significant results since the turn of the centuries, who will clarify the distribution of species in this country which is huge even when compared with European states, and has an extremely diverse complex of natural features. The views of researchers in respect of the separateness of Lertha extensa and L. palmonii are not uniform (Tjeder 1970, Aspöck et al 1984, 2001), therefore more exact faunistic data need to be produced, and the distribution maps should be revised. From a nature conservation aspect, special attention should be paid to those endemic members of the Nemopteridae fauna (Lertha vartianiae, L. schmidti, L. sheppardi) which populate the Anatolian plateau and the southern areas near the Mediterranean Sea. References Alexandrov-Martynov, O. M. 1930: Zur Kenntnis der Nemopteriden Persiens und einiger Mittelmeerländer.- Zoologischer Anzeiger 90: 235-250. Ari, I.; Kiyak, S. 2000: New and additional distributional and faunistic data of Turkish Planipennia. - Journal of the Entomological Research Society 2: 9-15. Ari, 1., & Akta$ M., Kiyak, S. 2008: A contribution to fauna of Turkish neuropteran Insects from Ardahan, Igdir and Kars Provinces (Insecta: Neuroptera). - Munis Entomology & Zoology, 3(1): 177-184. Aspöck, H., & Aspöck, U., Hölzel H. (unter Mitarbeit von Rausch И.) 1980: Die Neuropteren Europas. Eine zusammenfassende Darstellung der Systematik, Ökologie und Chorologie der Neuropteroidea (Megaloptera, Raphidioptera, Planipennia) Europas. - Goecke und Evers, Krefeld. Bd. 1: 1-495; Bd. II: 1-355. Aspöck, H.; Aspöck, U.; Hölzel, H. 1984: Neue Spezies der Genera Kirbynia Navás und Lertha Navás aus Vorderasien und Bemerkungen über Olivierina extensa (Olivier) (Neuropteroidea: Planipennia: Nemopteridae). - Entomologische Zeitschrift, Frankfurt am Main 94: 113-128. Aspöck, H.; HÖLZEL, H.; Aspöck, U. 2001: Kommentierter Katalog der Neuropterida (Insecta: Raphidioptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera) der Westpaläarktis. - Denisia 2: 1-606. Canbulat, S. 2002: Contributions to the knowledge of Turkish Neuroptera from Kayseri Province (Insecta; Neuroptera). - Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, Gazi University [=Gazi Universitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi] 15: 633-639. Canbulat, S. 2007: A checklist of Turkish Neuroptera with annotating on provincial distributions. - Zootaxa 1552: 35-52. Canbulat, S., Kiyak, S. 2005: Contribution to the Fauna of Neuroptera (Insecta) of South-Western Anatolia.- Annales upper silesian Museum (Ent.), 13: 9-60. Esben-Petersen, P. 1932: Notizen zur Neuropteren- und Mecopterenfauna Kleinasiens. - Konowia 11: 163- 167. Gepp, J. 1974: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Neuropteren der Türkei. - Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 34: 102-104.
