Research on the Family Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Turkey: New Distributional Data, Female Descriptions and Distributional Evaluation

Ninty-five species of Elateridae, from 30 genera and five subfamilies are documented from Turkey based on specimens collected throughout the country. Ampedus sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758), A. sinuatus Germar, 1844; Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758; Agriotes acuminatus (Stephens, 1830); A. brevis Candeze, 1863; A. turcicus Candeze, 1863, Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779) and Idotarmonides anatolicus Agajev, 1985 are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Anatolian Region. Those of Cardiophorus cyanipennis Mulsant and Wachanru, 1852 and Mulsanteus guillebeaui (Mulsant and Godart, 1853) are recorded from the southeastern Anatolia region. New distribution records of the most of the species are evaluated. So that, each species show different distribution pattern; most of species are sparsely collected, the rest of examined species have moderate or widespread distributions. Some species were recorded from one or two provinces, even a single sample. They might be classified as endangered species and sho...