Research Article

Chironomidae (Diptera) and Gammaridae (Amphipoda) Fauna in Dupnisa Cave (Sarpdere Village, Demirköy, Kırklareli)

Volume: 26 Number: 1 March 1, 2009
  • Nurcan Özkan
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Chironomidae (Diptera) and Gammaridae (Amphipoda) Fauna in Dupnisa Cave (Sarpdere Village, Demirköy, Kırklareli)

Abstract

Two different field surveys were carried out in Dupnisa cave on the twentieth of August, 2001 and on the sixth of July, 2004. Specimens from Chironomidae (Diptera) and Gammaridae (Amphipoda) families were sampled from four different localities. The samples were then brought to laboratory and their identifications were done with microscopy. While no larvae from Chironomidae was found in the first locality, those of Paratrissocladius excerptus (Walker, 1806); Epoicocladius ephemerae (Kieffer, 1924) and Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum (Schrank, 1803) were found in the second of Macropelopia nebulosa (Meigen, 1804); Telmatopelopia nemorum Goetghebuer, 1921; Paratrichocladius rufiventris (Meigen, 1830); Rheotanytarsus sp. and Micropsectra praecox Wiedemann, 1918 in the third and of Heleniella orniaticollis Edwards, 1929; Chaetocladius piger Goetghebuer, 1913; Psectrocladius barbimans Edwards, 1929; Polypedilum (Tripodura) scalaenum (Schrank, 1803) and Micropsectra praecox Wiedemann, 1918 were found in the fourth locality. On the other hand, Gammaridae was found to be represented in each of four localities with a single species, Gammarus arduus G.S. Karaman, 1973. 

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English

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Research Article

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Nurcan Özkan

Publication Date

March 1, 2009

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December 7, 2015

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Year 1970 Volume: 26 Number: 1

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Özkan, N. (2009). Chironomidae (Diptera) and Gammaridae (Amphipoda) Fauna in Dupnisa Cave (Sarpdere Village, Demirköy, Kırklareli). Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 26(1), 7-10. https://izlik.org/JA73PT35UG