Prosternon tessellatum (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Gulpercin, N. & Tezcan, S., 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of the Denticollinae and Negastriinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae) fauna of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1499-1507 : 1502

Prosternon tessellatum (LINNAEUS, 1758)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Amasya: Taşoba-Borabay, 01.VII.1978, Pinus sp., 2 exs ; Bursa: Uludağ , 18.VII.1972, Verbascum sp., 1 ex. ; İzmir: Göztepe , 17. V.1973, Prunus persica LINNAEUS 1753, 1 ex. ; Kastamonu: Küre , 04. VI.1980, Abies sp., 1 ex. ; Tokat: Almus , 02.VII.1978, Quercus sp., 3 exs, totally 8 specimens .

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y Turkey (LÖBL & SMETANA 2007; MERTLIK &

PLATIA 2008 ); Bursa (Uludağ), Giresun (Kulakkaya), Trabzon (Zigana Pass), Artvin

(Yalnızçam Pass-Şavşat), Bitlis (Tatvan) (GUGLIELMI & PLATIA 1985 ) ; Erzurum

[Şenkaya (Turnalı)], Kars (Sarıkamış) ( KESDEK et al. 2006). Distributional map of P.

tessellatum in Turkey is given on Fig. 6.