Twenty-six new flea beetles for the fauna of Çankırı province in Turkey (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

Abstract :

We had the opportunity to study some material of the tribe Alticini (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) collected during the expedition of Çankırı province in 2013-2015. As a result of this, twenty-six species to the fauna of Çankırı province in Turkey were determined. All species are the first record for Çankırı province. 13 species of them as Chaetocnema arenacea (Allard), Chaetocnema montenegrina Heikertinger, Chaetocnema coyei (Allard), Dibolia occultans (Koch), Longitarsus luridus (Scopoli), Longitarsus melanocephalus (DeGeer), Longitarsus pellucidus (Foudras), Podagrica malvae (Illiger), Psylliodes chalcomera (Illiger), Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus), Psylliodes circumdata (Redtenbacher), Psylliodes hyoscyami (Linnaeus) and Psylliodes tricolor Weise are the first record for Western Black Sea region of Turkey. Also 6 species of them as Chaetocnema chlorophana (Duftschmid), Chaetocnema conducta (Motschulsky), Chaetocnema major (Jacquelin du Val), Longitarsus aeneicollis (Faldermann), Longitarsus picicollis Weise and Longitarsus fuscoaeneus Redtenbacher are the new records for Black Sea region of Turkey (incl. Western Black Sea region)


Keyword :

Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, fauna, new records, Çankırı, Turkey


Author(s) : Bal, N., Özdikmen, H., Coral Şahin, D.
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Published Issue : 2018 Vol. 13 Number 2


2018 Vol. 13 Number 2