Species Composition of Chortobiont Beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae, Lampyridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae) Less Studied In Azerbaijan

Authors : İlhama Kerimova, Ellada Huseynova

Pages : 1-8

Doi:10.17474/acuofd.84065

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Publication Date : 2014-01-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The paper contains information about hortobiont beetle species from families Lycidae, Lampyridae, Cantharidae and Oedemeridae less studied in Azerbaijan. Check list of species distributed in Azerbaijan is presented basing on own materials and literature data. Materials were collected in the Greater Casucasus, the Kur River lowland, Lankaran and Middle Araz (Nakhchivan) natural regions and was recorded 1 species from Lycidae, 2 species from Lampyridae, 4 species from Cantharidae and 4 species from Oedemeridae families. From them Oedemera virescens (Linnaeus, 1767), Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758, Cantharis melaspis Chevrolat, 1854, Cantharis melaspoides Wittmer, 1971 and Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798 are new to Azerbaijan fauna.
Keywords : Lycidae, Lampyridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae fauna, hortobiont

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