https://www.mapress.com/jib <p><strong>Journal of Insect Biodiversity</strong> (<strong>JIB</strong>) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal of Biodiversity Application &amp; Research Center of the Atatürk University. <span lang="EN-GB">JIB is dedicated to publishing high-quality novel </span><span lang="EN-GB">scientific data </span><span lang="EN-GB">on <strong>insect biodiversity</strong>. The aims</span> of this journal are to share and disseminate novel scientific information on the discovery, description, and conservation of insect diversity. </p> Magnolia Press en-US Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2538-1318 Copyright is retained by Magnolia press LTD. https://www.mapress.com/jib/article/view/2022.36.1.1 <p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">Heteroptera species collected from numerous localities in Anatolia, particularly Eastern Anatolia, between 1998 and 2021 are presented. 124 species in 97 genera belonging to following 20 families are recorded: Miridae (32), Nabidae (2), Anthocoridae (1), Tingidae (1), Reduviidae (7), Pentatomidae (33), Scutelleridae (9), Acanthosomatidae (1), Cydnidae (1), Coreidae (6), Rhopalidae (4), Alydidae (3), Stenocephalidae (2), Rhyparochromidae (12), Lygaeidae (3), Geocoridae (3), Artheneidae (1), Heterogasteridae (1), Oxycarenidae (1) and Pyrrhocoridae (1). Among them, <em>Xanthochilus omissus </em>(Horváth, 1911) (Rhyparochromidae) and <em>Ceratocranum</em> <em>caucasicum</em> Jakovlev, 1879 (Scutelleridae) are new for the Heteroptera fauna of Turkey. Furthermore, <em>Dryophilocoris</em> (<em>Dryophilocoris</em>) <em>flavoquadrimaculatus</em> (De Geer, 1773), <em>Odontoplatys suturalis </em>(Jakovlev, 1883) (Miridae) and <em>Engistus salinus </em>Jakovlev, 1874 (Geocoridae) that had been recorded from Turkey only once, are recorded from new localities. Additionally, most of the recorded species are new for the provinces that they are collected from, and following ten species are recorded from the Eastern Anatolian region for the first time: <em>Cyllecoris histrionius</em> (Linnaeus, 1767), <em>Eurycolpus aureolus</em> Seidenstücker, 1961, <em>Odontoplatys suturalis</em> (Jakovlev, 1883), <em>Polymerus</em> (<em>Poeciloscytus</em>) <em>brevicornis</em> (Reuter, 1879) (Miridae), <em>Jalla</em> <em>dumosa</em> (Linnaeus, 1758), <em>Leprosoma</em> <em>tuberculatum</em> Jakovlev, 1874, <em>Picromerus</em> <em>conformis</em> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1841) (Pentatomidae), <em>Megalonotus</em> <em>emarginatus</em> (Rey, 1888), <em>Peritrechus nubilus</em> (Fallén, 1807) (Rhyparochromidae) and <em>Horvathiolus</em> <em>syriacus</em> (Reuter, 1885) (Lygaeidae). Finally, the Heteroptera fauna of Transcaucasian region is briefly analyzed. It is revealed that among 1113 species known from this region, 255 species have not yet been recorded from Turkey and most of these species remain to be discovered from Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, reflecting the need for future field researches in this region.</span></p> BARIŞ ÇERÇİ NESLİHAN GÜLTEKİN CELALETTİN GÖZÜAÇIK MELEK GÜDEK GÜÇLÜ DİLEK DOĞAN Copyright (c) 2022 Magnolia press 2022-11-23 2022-11-23 36 1 1–35 1–35 10.12976/jib/2022.36.1.1