Contributions to the aquatic insect (Insecta) fauna of some mountain lakes in the Taurus Range (Turkey)
Esat Tark TOPKARA
In order to determine some limnological features of 12 mountain lake, two field studies were carried out on Taurus Mountains in 1996 and 1997. By the examining collected aquatic insect specimens systematically, 31 taxa belonging order Hemiptera (9), Ephemeroptera (3), Coleoptera (14) and Trichoptera(5) were determined. These taxa recorded as first time for the mentioned localities. Additionally, Limnephilus coenosus Curtis, 1834, Drusus annulatus (Stephenson, 1837) and Allogamus auricollis (Pictet, 1834) species belonging to order Trichoptera were new records for the Turkish fauna.
