25 Haz 2025 Çarşamba
Some new additional records on the Elateridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) fauna of Bozdağ Mountain, Manisa province of Türkiye
Abstract : In order to determine the fauna of Bozdağlar in Manisa province, western Anatolia, some researches were conducted by using hibernation trap-bands, pitfall traps and bait traps between 2003-2006. In this context, a total of 11 species belonging to seven genera of the family Elateridae were collected. Three of these species [Agriotes paludum Kiesenwetter, 1859, Cardiophorus graminaeus (Scopoli, 1763) and Peripontius omissus (Buysson, 1889)] are recorded for the first time from Manisa province. In addition, Ampedus decumanus Gurjeva, 1977 and Prosternon syriacum (Buysson, 1891) are reported for the first time from Aegean Region of Türkiye.