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An analysis on Carabidae, Tenebrionidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) fauna in Aspat (Strobilos) ancient city and its territorium, Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey
Abstract :This
study was carried out between 2007–2008 to identify the species belonging to
Carabidae, Tenebrionidae and Staphylinidae in Aspat (Strobilos) region (Bodrum,
Muğla) of western Turkey. As a result of this study, eight species which belong
to Carabidae [Carabus (Procrustes) coriaceus, Linnaeus, 1758,
Carabus (Pachystus) graecus Dejean, 1826, Calathus (Calathus) fuscipes
(Goeze, 1777), Calathus (Calathus) longicollis Motschulsky, 1865,
Calathus erytroderus
Gemminger & Harold, 1868, Nebria (Nebria) brevicollis (Fabricius, 1792),
Amara (Amara) aenea (De Geer, 1774),
Zabrus politus Gauth, 1869]; 10 species which belong to Tenebrionidae [Dailognatha quadricollis quadricollis Solier,
1835, Probaticus tenebricosus Brullé,
1832, Raibosceles coelestinus coelestinus
(Waltl, 1838), Opatroides punctulatus
Brullé, 1832, Colpotus sulcatus Ménétriés,
1832, Gonocephalum (Gonocephalum) rusticum Olivier, 1811
Cephalostenus orbicollis (Ménétriés, 1836), Dendarus moesiacus Mulsant et Rey,1854, Phymatiotris (Graecopachys) quadricollis quadricollis Solier, 1835, Zophosis punctata punctata Brullé, 1832]; 15 species which belong
to Staphylinidae [Tachyporus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1781), Stenus maculiger Weise, 1875,
Aleochara tristis Gravenhorst, 1806,
Anotylus inustus (Gravenhorst, 1806),
Paederus fuscipes Curtis, 1826,
Philonthus rufimanus Heer, 1839,
Philonthus concinnus (Gravenhorst, 1802),
Philonthus intermedius (Lacordaire, 1835), Philonthus laminatus (Creutzer, 1799), Ocypus curtipennis Motscholsky, 1849, Ocypus mus Brullé, 1832, Ocypus
picipennis picipennis (Fabricius, 1793),
Xantholinus graecus graecus Kraatz, 1858,
Xantholinus rufipennis Erichson, 1839, Megalinus
scutellaris (Fauvel, 1900)] impending totaly 33 species determined. Among
those, 15 species are the first records for local fauna of Muğla
Fauna,
Coleoptera, Muğla, Turkey