Kocak, Ahmet Ömer
Professor of Zoology, Dr. Sci.,
Founder and owner
of the Centre for Entomological Studies, Ankara (CESA), Editor of the international
serials Priamus, Priamus Supplement Miscellaneous Papers, Memoirs.
e-mail: a_kocak@lycos.com
Present Official Address:
Scientific Activities:
Research Interest:
Ecology, fauna, distribution, zoogeography, check-list, taxonomy, nomenclature and morphology of Insecta (esp. Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera,
Neuroptera) of the Old World (especially the countries in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Philippines, East Africa (Ethiopia) and South Africa. See also Palaearctic Region; Nearctic Region; Afrotropical Region; Neotropical
Region; Orientalic Region; Australic Region
Scientific Responsibilities:
Editor of the Serials
of CESA. Curator of the collections of CESA. Coordinator between Yüzüncü Yil University and
Shumen Konstantin Preslavsky University (Bulgaria).
Private Expeditions in Turkey and Abroad:
Numerous expeditions in Turkey between
the years of 1966 and 2006.
In abroad: Balkan states (Macedonia, Serbia, Bosna-Herzegowina, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria) between the years
of 1978 and 1990; Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and France between 1978 and 1979; Pakistan in 1987; Northern
Cyprus in 1989; North Iran and
Turkmenistan, Macedonia in
1994; Ethiopia in 1996 (two
times); The Philippines in 1996, Kazachstan
and Kyrgyzistan in 1999 and 2000; South Africa (Soutpansberg)
in 2003 and 2004 (four
times); Uighur A.R. (China); Thailand (Chiang Mai) in 2005 and 2006.
Databank of
the Cesa
Database Programs on the
fauna, ecology and distribution of the Lepidoptera of the World * Database program on the Bibliography of the Lepidoptera of the Old World
* Database program on the geography of the Lepidoptera of the Old World * Database
program on the checklists
of the Lepidoptera of the Old World
* Studies on the Lepidoptera Fauna of the Soutpansberg Mountains (South Africa) * Studies on the Lepidoptera Fauna of the Ethiopia * Studies on the Lepidoptera Fauna of the Pakistan
* Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Uighur A.R. * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Iran * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Afghanistan * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Turkey * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Transvaal (South Africa) * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Middle East Countries, and so on.
Complementary Information:
List of the publications pdf- See also Ahmet Ömer Koçak & Muhabbet Kemal Koçak
Ó1999-2007
Updated September 15
2006