Checklist of Hydrophiloidea of Turkey (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)

Abstract

The superfamily Hydrophiloidea of Turkey is catalogued. A total of 23 genera and 161 valid species and subspecies are recorded of which six species (3.7%) are recorded as endemic. Forty-eight species and two subspecies are from the family Helophoridae, three species are from the family Georissidae, seven species are from the family Hydrochidae, two species are from the family Spercheidae and 95 species and four subspecies are from the family Hydrophilidae. Distributions of these species within Turkey are given according to the 81 administrative divisions of the country. The catalogue is based on examination of the primary literature and also includes some records from specimens examined in collections. Taxa are arranged hierarchically under the categories of family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe (where recognized), genus, subgenus (where recognized), species and subspecies (where recognized).

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“…There are a few studies includes some specimens collected from road sides by foreign researchers. (Darılmaz, & Incekara, 2011) and one species of Heteroceridae family [Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784)] were reported in Diyarbakır province (Taşar, & Mascagni, 2014). Three species of Helophoridae family (H. aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), H. syriacus Kuwert, 1885, H. hilaris Sharp, 1916 and one species of Hydrophilidae family (L. gracilis Motschulsky, 1855) were reported in Mardin province (Darılmaz, & Incekara, 2011 (Darılmaz, & Kıyak, 2009;Darılmaz, & Incekara, 2011), none of the specimens of these species was found at the research area in the current study.…”

“…Helophoridae family has 192 species in worldwide (Archangelsky, et al, 2016). 51 species were known from Turkey (Darılmaz, & İncekara, 2011;Taşar et al, 2012;Taşar, 2017b). With a recent study presented by Taşar (accepted paper), the number of Helophoridae species that known from Turkey were raised to 52.…”

“…Hydrophilidae has 2932 described species in worldwide. 103 species were known from Turkey (Darılmaz, & İncekara, 2011;İncekara et al, 2011;Taşar et al, 2012;Taşar, 2014b;Polat, Taşar, & İncekara, 2015;İncekara, Bektas, Taşar, & Polat, 2016;Taşar, 2017b, accepted). Most of the species are aquatic.…”

Murgul Bakır Madeni Sahasından Etkilenen Sucul Entomofauna (Coleoptera) Dağılımının Araştırılması ve Artvin'deki Yeni Faunistik Kayıtlar

“…According to the peer reviewed literature, aquatic beetles are widely distributed in Artvin. There are 57 recorded species belong to Dytiscidae (30), Hydrophilidae ( 19), Helophoridae (6), Hydrochidae (2) in Artvin (Darılmaz and Kıyak 2009;Mart 2009;Darılmaz and İncekara 2011;Daşbaşı 2017;Yüncü 2019). These studies conducted in difference places of Artvin, however there is no study, which was made in Murgul before.…”

Beyşehir Gölü Havzası Sucul Kınkanatlılar Faunası (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Helophoridae) Üzerine Bir Çalışma

“…The family is classified in six subfamilies and about 492 species are distributed in the Palaearctic region [2,3,4]. Hitherto, 19 genera, 105 species and 3 subspecies of hydrophilids have been known from Turkey [5,6,7].…”