Apodiphus integriceps Horváth, 1888

Apodiphus integriceps Horváth, 1888

General distribution: AS: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan (Asian part), India, Iran, Kirgizia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen ( Hoberlandt, 1997). This species is recorded for Turkish fauna in the first time.

Material examined: Adana - Balcalı , 07.VII.2005, 1 ♀ ; Akşehir - Central province , 19.VII.2004, 1 ♁ ; Amasya - Central province , 11.X.2007, 1 ♀ ; 30.XII.2007, 1 ♀ ; 02.I.2008 1 ♁ ; 13.IV.2008, 1 ♀ ; 25.VI.2008, 1 ♀ ; 07.VIII.2008, 1 ♀ ; 22.VIII.2008, 1 ♁ ; 29.X.2008, 1 ♀ ; Antalya - Central province , 21.VIII.2003, 1 ♀ ; 08.VIII.2004, 1 ♀, 1 ♁ ; 30.VIII.2005, 1 ♀ ; Elmalı , 03.IX.2004, 1 ♁ ; Ayd i n - Central province , 05.VI.1982, 3 ♀♀, 6 ♁♁ ; Didim - Akyeni Village , 24.VIII.2004, 2 ♀♀ ; 30.VIII.2004, 1 ♀ ; Diyarbak i r - Central province , 27.VII.1982, 1 ♁ ; 20.VII.1984, 1 ♀ ; Isparta - Central province , 06.VII.2003, 1 ♁ ; 04.X.2005, 1 ♁ ; Dere Village , 07.VII.2004, 1 ♁ ; Atabey , 12.X.2000, 1 ♀, 2 ♁♁ ; Gölcük , 17.X.2003, 1 ♀ ; Gönen , 12.VIII.2002, 1 ♀ ; İzmir - Central province , 01.X.1992, 1 ♁ ; Bornova, 08.V.1991, 2 ♀♀ ; 02.V.1993, 1 ♀ ; 23.VIII.2003, 1 ♀ ; 18.VII.2004, 1 ♁ ; 15.VII.2004, 1 ♀ ; 18.VII.2004, 1 ♀ ; Buca, 15.V.1992, 1 ♀ ; Çiğli - Balatçık 15.VIII.1993, 19 ♀♀, 13 ♁♁ ; Ege Univercity Campus , 04.IV.1993, 1 ♁ ; 28.IV.1993, 2 ♁♁ ; 22.IV.1993, 2 ♁♁ ; Güzelyalı , 23.IV.1990, 1 ♀ ; Kemeraltı , 10.V.1993, 1 ♁ ; Kahramanmaraş - Central province , 27.VI.1972, 1 ♁ ; Konya - Akşehir , 19.VIII.2004, 1 ♁ .

Host plants: In this study the specimens were found on Brassica sp. , Cupressus sp. , Malus sp. , Malva sp. , Morus alba , Olea europaea , Prunus persica , P. amygdalus , P. domestica, Punica granatum, Quercus sp. , Triticum sp. , poaceous plants and unidentified herbage. Reported on fruit trees, Malus pumila , M. sylvestris and Prunus armeniaca by Ghauri (1977).

Bionomic note: This species was also collected on stones, in soil and inside buildings in winter period.