Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877

Nabozhenko, M. V. & Keskin, B., 2017, Taxonomic review of the genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Turkey, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin (Caucas. entomol. bull.) 13 (1), pp. 41-49 : 45-46

Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877

(Color plate 2: 7, 8, 12, 17; Figs 34–38 )

Allard, 1877: 256; Seidlitz, 1896: 701 ( Helops ( Anteros )); Reitter, 1902: 209 ( Helops ( Raiboscelis )); Reitter, 1922: 31 ( Helops ( Mesohelops )); Kaszab, 1968: 460; Ferrer, Soldati, 1999: 64 ( Helops ( Mesohelops )).

= carinimentum Reitter, 1885: 383.

Material. 1♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Namrun ( Çamlıyayla ), 18.07.1984 (leg. C. Can) ( ZDEU) ; 2♂, 3♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Tarsus , E of Çamlıyayla, 30.05.2001 (leg. Snižek) (VT) ; 1♂, Turkey, Hatay Prov., Topaktaş , 36°49′N / 36°20′E, 1170 m, 21– 22.07.2006 (leg. R. Królik) (AL) ; 1♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., above Arslanköy , 1800 m, 16.04.2007, on Abies cilicica (leg. M. V. Nabozhenko) ( CN) ; 1♂, 1♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Güzeloluk , 1400 m, 16– 18.05.2008 (leg. I. V. Shokhin) ( CN) ; 2♂, 1♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., above Arslanköy , 1800 m, 18.05.2009, on Abies cilicica (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin) ( ZDEU) ; 1♂ ( CN) , 3♂, 1♀ ( ZDEU) , Turkey, Mersin Prov., Çamlıyayla , 37°10′307″N / 34°31′239″E, 1900 m, 18.05.2009 (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin) ; 1♂, 1♀, Turkey, Hatay Prov., W Antakya, S Amanos Dağları , 36°18′36.6″N / 36°03′12.7″E, 1480 m, 18.05.2010 (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin) ( CN) ; 1♂, Turkey, Gaziantep Prov., Islahiye District, W Tandır Köyü, Huzurlu Yaylası , 36°58′25.7″N / 36°29′14.2″E, 1730 m, 19.05.2010 (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin) ( CN) ; 1♀, Turkey, Kahramanmaraş Prov., Göksun District, Püren Geçidi , 37°57′16.5″N / 36°33′36.2″E, 1404 m, 20.05.2010 (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin) ( CN) ; 1♂, the same locality, 15.04.2014 (leg. B. Keskin) ( ZDEU) ; 1♂, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Çamlıyayla District, Sibil , 30.05.2010 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin) ( CN) ; 1♂, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Mut District, Sertavul Pass , 36°51.231ʹN / 33°17.889ʹE, 1450 m, 30.05.2011 (leg. B. Keskin) ( ZDEU) ; 3♂, 3♀, Turkey, Mersin Prov., Erdemli District, Toros , 36°54.369ʹN / 34°6.119ʹE, 1735 m, 31.05.2011 (leg. B. Keskin) ( ZDEU) .

Distribution. Turkey (Central Taurus Mountains east of Göksun River, Amanos Mounthains), Syria, Lebanon, Israel [ Koch, 1935; Finkel et al., 2002].

Figures

Figs 34–38. Helops cyanipes, male genitalia and terminalia. 34 – aedeagus,ventral view;35 – median piece (penis);36 – aedeagus,lateral view;37 – lobe of gastral spicula,lateral view;38 – male inner sternite VIII, ventrally. Рис. 34–38. Helops cyanipes, генитаΛии и терминаΛии самца. 34 – эΑеагус вентраΛьно; 35 – пенис; 36 – эΑеагус ΛатераΛьно; 37 – Λопасть гастраΛьной спикуΛы, ΛатераΛьно; 38 – VIII внутренний стернит самца, вентраΛьно.