The large carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Turkey: a review with a new species record Author Çiftçi, Derya Author Růžička, Jan Author Hasbenli, Abdullah Author Şahin, Ülfet text Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-28 4441 3 555 591 journal article 29786 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.10 bb7fccfa-ae25-4a5f-afb6-4aa071fa61df 1175-5326 1301572 25DC9A68-CA02-4187-A2FB-9D80DF22F8A7 Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798 ( Figs 17 , 45 ) Material examined. Turkey : Erzurum : 1 spec., Aşkale , Kükürtlü village , 39°51'21.98"N / 40°35'30.96"E , 1940 m , 25.VI.2011 , D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU) ; Bitlis : 1 female ; Tatvan env., Nemrut Dağı , Güroymak , ca. 38°36'N 042°02'E , 1600 m , 14.V.2005 , K. Orszulik leg. ( KORC ) ; Kars : 1 male , Susuz env., Doyumlu , 40.8390°N / 033.0321°E , 1400 m , 4.–7.V.2011 , S. Murzin leg. ( JRUC ) . Distribution in Turkey . Artvin ( Háva et al . 1998 ); İzmir ( Tezcan and Háva 2001 ; Tezcan et al . 2010 ). Remarks. A widely distributed European species, also known from Azerbaijan , Armenia , Georgia , Iran and Turkey (Růžička 2015). In central Europe, it prefers wet open habitats ( Růžička 1994 ). In Turkey , recorded only from a few scattered records ( Fig. 45 ). Here reported for the first time from Bitlis , Çankırı and Erzurum Provinces.