New Genera and Species of the Family Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) from Turkey

Authors : Abdullah MART, Ümit İNCEKARA, Ahmet POLAT, Hanifi KARACA

Pages : 237-240

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Two hydrophilid genera, Cymbiodyta Bedel 1881 and Chasmogenus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Watanabe, 1987);, and 3 species, Cymbiodyta marginella insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Fabricius, 1792);, Enochrus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Methydrus); coarctatus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gredler, 1863);, and Chasmogenus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Crephelochares); orbus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Watanabe, 1987);, are reported for the first time from Turkey. The ecological findings and morphological characters of these species are described, and their aedeagi are illustrated. Biological observations and distribution records for all the newly recorded species are also presented. Diagnostic characters are supported with microscope micrographs.
Keywords : Cymbiodyta sp, Chasmogenus sp, Enochrus sp, new records, Hydrophilidae, Coleoptera, Turkey