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2009

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Coleoptera

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A New Agriotes Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) From Turkey, Mahmut Kabalak, Osman Sert Jan 2009

A New Agriotes Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) From Turkey, Mahmut Kabalak, Osman Sert

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A new Elateridae species, Agriotes platiai n. sp., is described from Ankara and Yozgat provinces in Turkey. Photographs of the entire body and aedeagus, drawings of the antenna and aedeagus, and differential diagnosis are given.


Faunistic Studies On Some Genera Of The Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) From The Central Anatolian And The Mediterranean Regions Of Turkey, Osman Sert Jan 2009

Faunistic Studies On Some Genera Of The Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) From The Central Anatolian And The Mediterranean Regions Of Turkey, Osman Sert

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Twenty-nine species belonging to 17 genera of the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae are reported from the Central Anatolian and the Mediterranean regions of Turkey. Detailed distributions of these species in these 2 regions are given. Seventeen species are newly recorded from central Anatolia and 10 from the Mediterranean region. Datonychus urticae (Boheman, 1845) is a new record for Turkey.


A New Record For The Fauna Of Pakistan: Hydaticus Leander (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Mustafa Cemal Darilmaz, Zubair Ahmed Jan 2009

A New Record For The Fauna Of Pakistan: Hydaticus Leander (Rossi, 1790) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Mustafa Cemal Darilmaz, Zubair Ahmed

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Hydaticus leander (Rossi, 1790) is recorded from Pakistan for the first time. Faunistic data are also given for some species.


New Genera And Species Of The Family Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) From Turkey, Abdullah Mart, Ümi̇t İncekara, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca Jan 2009

New Genera And Species Of The Family Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) From Turkey, Abdullah Mart, Ümi̇t İncekara, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Two hydrophilid genera, Cymbiodyta Bedel 1881 and Chasmogenus (Watanabe, 1987), and 3 species, Cymbiodyta marginella (Fabricius, 1792), Enochrus (Methydrus) coarctatus (Gredler, 1863), and Chasmogenus (Crephelochares) orbus (Watanabe, 1987), are reported for the first time from Turkey. The ecological findings and morphological characters of these species are described, and their aedeagi are illustrated. Biological observations and distribution records for all the newly recorded species are also presented. Diagnostic characters are supported with microscope micrographs.


Hydrochus Ibericus And Hydrochus Nodulifer, Two New Records For The Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) Fauna Of Turkey, Abdullah Mart, Ümi̇t İncekara, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca Jan 2009

Hydrochus Ibericus And Hydrochus Nodulifer, Two New Records For The Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) Fauna Of Turkey, Abdullah Mart, Ümi̇t İncekara, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca

Turkish Journal of Zoology

This study reports the first occurrence of Hydrochus ibericus Valladares, Diaz, and Delgado, 1999, and Hydrochus nodulifer Reitter, 1897 from Turkey.


Turkish Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) Iii. Genus Hydrochara Berthold 1827 With The Description Of A New Species, Hydrochara Major Sp. N., Ümi̇t İncekara, Abdullah Mart, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca Jan 2009

Turkish Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) Iii. Genus Hydrochara Berthold 1827 With The Description Of A New Species, Hydrochara Major Sp. N., Ümi̇t İncekara, Abdullah Mart, Ahmet Polat, Hani̇fi̇ Karaca

Turkish Journal of Zoology

A new species of hydrophilid beetle, Hydrochara major sp. n., is described from sea level in northern Anatolia (Asiatic Turkey). The key and list of Hydrochara spp. known from Turkey are presented with additional distributional data.