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 3 555 591 journal article 29786 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.3.10 bb7fccfa-ae25-4a5f-afb6-4aa071fa61df 1175-5326 1301572 25DC9A68-CA02-4187-A2FB-9D80DF22F8A7 Ablattaria arenaria ( Kraatz, 1876 ) ( Figs 8 , 35 ) Material examined. Turkey : Ankara : 1 spec., Çankaya , Dikmen valley , 39°52'57.57"N / 32°50'38.12"E , 1000 m , 25.IV.2012 , Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU) ; Adana : 1 male , delta of Ceyhan River , Deveciuşağı , ca. 36°46'N / 035°38'E , 18.–21.IV.1998 , Z. Martinová leg. ( ZSVC ) ; 1 male , 1 female , delta of Ceyhan River , Karataş , ca. 36°40'N / 035°16'E , 24.–29.IV.1998 , Z. Martinová leg. ( ZSVC ) ; Balıkesir : 1 male , Bandırma env., Erdek , 40.4196°N / 027.8272°E , 80–130 m , 21.–30.IV.2011 , S. Murzin leg. ( JRUC ) ; Eskişehir : 1 spec., Tepebaşı , road between Alpagut-Avlamış villages, 39°59'7.69"N / 30°28'39.28"E , 810 m , 16.VI.2012 (MAZMGU) ; Gaziantep : 1 male , Kömürler , ca. 37°10'N / 036°49'E , 2.V.1995 , P. Sekerka leg. ( ZSVC ) ; Hatay : 1 female , Uluçınar , ca. 36°24'N / 035°54'E , 24.V.1993 , R. Škoda leg. ( SMLC ) ; 2 females , Antakya kalesi, ca. 36°12'N / 036°11'E , 1.V.1994 , J. Sladký leg. ( MTRC ) ; Isparta : 2 males , Eğirdir env., Akpınar , 37.849°N / 030.842°E , 1200 m , 26.IV.–11.V.2012 , S. Murzin leg. ( JRUC ) ; Şanlıurfa : 1 male , Birecik , ca. 37°02'N 037°59'E , 24.–26.IV.1997 , T. Růžička leg. ( MTRC ) ; Siirt : 1 spec., Kurtalan , east of Kılıçlı village , 38°0'55.85"N / 41°46'33.82"E , 543 m , 22.III.2015 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU) ; Siirt , Campus of Siirt University , 37°58'42"N / 41°50'45"E , 587 m , 10.III.2016 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU). Distribution in Turkey . Denizli , Antalya , Nevşehir , Balıkesir , Mersin , Adana , Hatay , Bilecik , Bolu , Burdur , Adana , Kahramanmaraş , Gaziantep , Urfa ( Háva et al . 1998 ); Kocaeli , Niğde , Mersin ( Açar 2008 ); Bursa , Sakarya , Balıkesir , Bilecik , İzmir , Denizli , Isparta , Antalya , Ankara , Konya , Mersin , Nevşehir , Yozgat , Amasya , Samsun , Tokat , Adana , Mersin , Hatay , Şanlıurfa , Mardin , Artvin ( Qubaiová et al . 2015 ); Adana ( Şekeroğlu and Çölkesen 1989 ). Remarks. Species known from Crete , Rhodos and Cyprus to Israel , Jordan and south-west of Iran ( Qubaiová et al . 2015 ; Růžička 2015). In Turkey , widely distributed, but without known records in the Eastern Anatolia Region ( Fig. 35 ). Here we report the first records from Eskişehir and Siirt Provinces.