Anostirus purpureus (Poda, 1761)

Kabalak, Mahmut & Sert, Osman, 2010, Notes on Four Species of Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey, The Coleopterists Bulletin 64 (2), pp. 160-162 : 160

Anostirus purpureus (Poda, 1761) ( Figs. 3 , 5, 6 )

Locality Record. 1 male 1 female: Artvin: Şavşat Sahara (41°42′14″N 42°23′49″E), 1,908 m, 14.V.2004 ; 4 males: Şavşat Karagöl lake (41°18′22″N 42°29′17″E), 1610 m, 15.V.2004 , leg. O. Sert. This species was reported by Cate (2007) and Mertlik and Platia (2008) from Turkey without a specific locality record .

World Distribution. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (central and southern European territory), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and Turkey ( Cate 2007).

Notes. According to Mertlik and Platia (2008), there are 12 species of Anostirus Thomson, 1859 in Turkey. The anal sternite of male A. purpureus ( Fig. 5 ) is long and distinctly constricted medially, whereas it is shorter and only slightly constricted medially in the female ( Fig. 6 ).

Figures

Figs. 1–4. 1) Craspedostethus dilutus (habitus, male) (scale = 1 mm); 2) Tolphorea turcica. (habitus, male) (scale = 1 mm); 3) Anostirus purpureus (habitus, male) (scale = 2 mm); 4) Peripontius jagemanni (habitus, male) (scale = 1 mm).

Figs. 5–6. Anostirus purpureus. 5) Male anal sternite;