Notes on Four Species of Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey
Author
Kabalak, Mahmut
Author
Sert, Osman
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2010
2010-06-30
64
2
160
162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/072.064.0214
journal article
10.1649/072.064.0214
1938-4394
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Craspedostethus dilutus
Erichson, 1840
(
Fig. 1
)
Locality Record.
1 male
:
Mardin
:
Central county
Eskikale
village (
37°18′22″N
40°46′26″E
),
949 m
,
04.VIII.2006
, leg.
E. Yağmur. This
is a
new country record
for
Turkey
.
World Distribution.
Algeria
,
Egypt
(including
Sinai
),
Iran
,
Oman Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
, Afrotropical region (
Cate 2007
).
Notes.
The genus
Craspedostethus
Schwarz, 1898
, which has 11 species, is distributed throughout the Afrotropical region, Asia (
Afghanistan
,
Iraq
,
Iran
,
Oman
,
Saudi Arabia
, Sinai peninsula,
Turkey
,
Yemen
), Europe (
Armenia
and southern European territory of
Russia
), and North Africa (
Algeria
,
Egypt
) (
Cate 2007
; Platia and Gudenzi 2009).
Platia and Gudenzi (2009) reported
Craspedostethus linnavuorii
Platia and Gudenzi
in the Turkish fauna.
Craspedostethus dilutus
is the most common species among all
Craspedostethus
.