Four new species of Astenus (Eurysunius) Dejean (Staphylinidae: Paederinae) are described from Western Anatolia, Turkey, and illustrated: Astenus gusarovi sp. n. (Çökelez Mountain, Denizli province), A. orgeli sp. n. (İmambaba Tepesi, Aydın province and Bozdağlar, İzmir province), A. kumlutasi sp. n. (Akdağlar, Kütahya province and Murat Mountain, Uşak province) and A. honazicus sp. n. (Honaz M...

We report on the experimental observation of spontaneously nucleated ruptures occurring on frictionally held bimaterial interfaces with small amounts of wave speed mismatch. Rupture is always found to be asymmetric bilateral. In one direction, rupture always propagates at the generalized Rayleigh wave speed, whereas in the opposite direction it is subshear or it transitions to supershear. The l...

Theileriosis, caused by Theileria protozoa and infected by ticks, is a disease with high mortality rate. The most common species found in tropical and subtropical regions are T. annulata and T. parva. Theileriosis is often seen in cattle in the Eastern Anatolia Region, especially in the Van region. Clinical symptoms such as high fever, anaemia and haemoglobinuria are detected with this disease....

Six species of lichens, such as Usnea florida, Usnea barbata, Usnea longissima, Usnea rigida, Usnea hirta and Usnea subflorida, were collected from different areas of Anatolia (district of Antalya, Karabük, Qankiri, Giresun and Trabzon) in Turkey. Their usnic acid amounts in acetone extracts were determined by HPLC. In addition, antimicrobial activities of these extracts were determined against...

Fourteen endemic and two sub-endemic species belonging to three subfamilies of Tettigoniidae (Tettigoniinae, Bradyporinae and Saginae) were sampled during field trips throughout the different ranges of Anatolia between the years of 2004 and 2013. Acoustic parameters of these 16 species affiliated to 8 genera (Anterastes, Apholidoptera, Gampsocleis, Parapholidoptera, Pezodrymadusa, Psorodonotus,...

Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Bennett, 1835), the Asia Minor ground squirrel, is a group-living, diurnal, obligately hibernating marmotine squirrel. It inhabits the steppes and alpine meadows throughout central lowland and eastern highland Anatolia and adjacent Armenia and northwestern Iran. Its preferred elevation appears to range from about 800 to 2,900 m. The species displays sexual dimorphism...

The active tectonics of Anatolia is mostly characterized by its westward motion with respect to Eurasia between the Hellenic subduction in west and Arabia-Eurasia continental collision east. Although most deformation suggested be confined along Anatolia?s boundary elements, viz. North East Anatolian shear zones, recent studies indicate a higher magnitude internal strain accumulation, especially...

The Parsley frog is represented by single species from Anatolia which called Pelodytes caucasicus. This categorized as a near threatened in the conservation list and has very limited distribution along North East Black Sea its populations have been poorly studied. In this study, we analyzed morphological variation of 59 specimens different localities (Artvin; Karagöl, Rize; Çat Trabzon; Hıdırne...

Abstract The new fossil micromammal assemblage of Çapak represents a mixture both Anatolian and European faunal elements. locality is very important for understanding evolution in the less well-known time interval at end early Miocene western Anatolia. In Çapak, nine species rodents one ochotonid were encountered: hamsters Democricetodon gracilis , Megacricetodon primitivus Eumyarion aff. E . m...