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
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journal article
29786
10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.10
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1175-5326
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Silpha obscura obscura
Linnaeus, 1758
(
Figs 14
,
42
)
Material examined. Turkey:
Ardahan: 1 spec., Hanak, SW of Yünbüken village, 41°15'29.68"N / 42°51'31.67"E,
1990 m
,
17.VII.2011
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Hanak, S of Baştoklu village, 41°11'48.11"N / 42°47'5.79"E,
1988 m
,
23.VII.2013
, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU); 2 spec., Merkez, E of Ölçek village, 41°07'18.00"N / 42°52'8.00"E,
1930 m
,
17.VII.2011
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Posof, N of Gümüşkavak village, 41°31'34.00"N / 42°46'60.00"E,
1531 m
,
18.VII.2011
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Posof, Gümüşkavak village, 41°32'8.00"N / 42°46'56.00"E,
1663 m
,
18.VII.2011
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 2 males, 1 female,
10 km
S Posof, Ilgardağı pass, 41°24.9'N / 042°43.2'E,
2460–2700 m
,
5.–7.VII.2004
, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., steppe and pasture (JRUC); Artvin: 1 female,
8 km
E Şavşat, Karagöl Sahara Nat. Park, 41°13.5'N / 042°27.1'E,
1930 m
,
4.–5.VII.2004
, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., wet coniferous forest (with dominant
Picea
and
Abies
), dead specimen under stone (JRUC); 1 male, 1 female,
9 km
S Şavşat, Laset Hotel, 41.2364°N / 042.4299°E,
1600 m
,
27.–28.V.2012
, J. Hron & S. Murzin leg. (JRUC); 1 female, Yalnızçam pass, Şavşat, Düzenli village 41°13'N / 042°22'E,
1800–2200 m
,
20.–21.VI.1999
, T. Lackner leg. (JRUC); 1 male, 1 female, Şavşat, ca. 41°15'N / 042°21'E,
16.–18.VI.1999
, T. Lackner leg. (JRUC); Bayburt: 1 female, Soğanlı Geçidi Mts., N side, 40°13'47''N / 040°32'04''E,
2250 m
,
12.VII.2008
, M. Schülke leg. (coll. M. Schülke in ZMHB); Bitlis: 1 male, Tatvan env., 38°28'N / 042°19'E,
1800 m
,
29.VI.–2.VII.2003
, J. Hájek & J. Hotový leg. (JRUC); Erzurum: 2 males,
15 km
SW Erzurum, Palandöken Mts., Tekederesi village env., 39°48.8'N / 041°09.0'E,
1965 m
,
26.VI.–13.VII.2004
, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., steppe near spring on N slope, baited pitfall traps (fish meat) with ethylene glycol (JRUC); 11 males, 12 females, same locality,
2230 m
,
26.VI.–13.VII.2004
, 39°47.6'N / 041°09.7'E, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., steppe and meadow near spring, baited pitfall traps (fish meat) with ethylene glycol (JRUC); 5 males, 12 females; İspir env., Yukarı Özbağ, 40.4665°N / 040.9602°E,
1650 m
,
01.VI.2012
, S. Murzin leg. (JRUC); Eskişehir: 1 spec., Alpu, Başören village, 39°57'0.74"N / 30°59'20.85"E,
1044 m
,
04.IX.2012
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 4 spec., Mihalgazi, Demirciler village, 40°0'56.71"N / 30°31'39.08"E,
198 m
,
28. VI. 2012
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Tepebaşı, between Uludere—Behçetiye villages, 39°55'58.49"N / 30°21'18.23"E,
1240 m
,
29.IV.2012
, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); Gümüşhane: 1 male, 1 female, Akkocak village, 40°35'N / 039°52'E,
24.VI.1997
, J. Hájek leg. (JRUC); Sivas: 1 spec., İmranlı, N of Yukarıboğaz village, 39°55'50.11"N / 38°13'37.16"E,
1911 m
,
14.VIII.2014
, A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU); Kars: 2 spec., Sarıkamış, E of Kızılçubuk village, 40°22'9.00"N / 42°34'2.87"E,
2477 m
,
15.VII.2011
, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU); 2 males, 3 females, Çıldır lake, Doğruyol env., ca. 41°03'N / 043°20'E,
27.VI.1998
, P. Vonička leg. (JRUC); 1 male, Sarıkamış, ca. 40°20'N / 042°35'E,
11.VI.1999
, T. Lackner leg. (JRUC); 1 male, 2 females, Kars env., ca. 40°36'N / 043°06'E,
14.VI.1999
, T. Lackner leg. (JRUC); 1 male, SW of Susuz, Aygır Lake env., ca. 40°46'N / 043°01'E,
2100 m
,
27.VI.1998
, P. Vonička leg. (SMLC); Van: 7 males, 9 females, Edremit, 38°25.2'N / 043°15.9'E,
1720 m
,
6.–10.VII.2007
, Jan Růžička leg., baited pitfall traps (fish meat and cheese), old orchard with large trees and dense vegetation, warm, sunny weather (JRUC).
FIGURES 41–42.
Distribution of (41)
Phosphuga atrata atrata
and (42)
Silpha obscura obscura
in Turkey.
Distribution in
Turkey
.
Çanakkale
,
Edirne
,
İzmir
,
Kütahya
,
Manisa
,
Konya
,
Bilecik
,
Burdur
,
Bolu
,
Antalya
,
Çankırı
,
Nevşehir
,
Niğde
,
Tokat
,
Ordu
,
Tunceli
,
Trabzon
,
Erzurum
,
Artvin
,
Ardahan
,
Hakkâri
(
Háva
et al
., 1998
);
Niğde
,
Gümüşhane
,
Erzincan
,
Erzurum
(
Açar, 2008
);
İzmir
(
Tezcan
et al
., 2010
);
Edirne
(
Bana and Beyarslan, 2012
).
Remarks.
Widely distributed Palaearctic subspecies, known from Europe to
Mongolia
and west of
China
(Růžička 2015).
Háva
et al
. (1998)
recorded this species from İspir, and listed this locality in error as belonging to
Van Province
(to the southeast of Lake
Van
), and not to
Erzurum
. This error regarding the İspir record (
Erzurum
) is corrected here. Widely distributed in
Turkey
(
Fig. 42
). Here reported for the first time from
Bayburt
,
Bitlis
,
Eskişehir
,
Sivas
,
Kars
and
Van
Provinces.