Note on the First Occurrence of Halyomorpha halys in Turkey

Abstract

In the January 2019 issue of Entomological News, Güncan and Gümüş (2019) reported a record of the brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys, from Turkey, collected October 2017. Subsequently, Dr. Temel Göktürk of Artvin Çoruh Üniversite brought to my attention an earlier paper (Çerçi and Koçak 2017) that reports H. halys having been taken at İstanbul, Turkey, 2 September 2017. The report by Çerçi and Koçak should be considered the first occurrence of H. halys in Turkey.