A new species of corticeus piller & mitterpacher from Turkey, with an updated key to turkish species belonging to this genus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Soldati F., Jansson N., AVCI M., ATAY E., Coskun M., Kayis T., ...Daha Fazla

Annales Zoologici, cilt.69, sa.1, ss.165-172, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Özet
  • Cilt numarası: 69 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3161/00034541anz2019.69.1.012
  • Dergi Adı: Annales Zoologici
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.165-172
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Asia Minor, Darkling Beetles, hollow Quercus, Hypophlaeini, identification, taxonomy, window trapping
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

A new darkling beetle species, Corticeus turcicus F. Soldati, sp. nov., is described from six localities in Turkey. The only related species in Europe and the whole Mediterranean basin seems to be C. unicolor Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 from which it differs by the smaller body size, yellowish coloration, different with ratio between pronotum and elytra and aedeagal morphology. An updated identification key to the currently known Corticeus species of Turkey is proposed and all species are illustrated. The types of Corticeus fusciventris Reitter, 1884 and C. rufobasalis (Pic, 1917) were studied and a new synonymy is established: C. fasciatus (Fabricius, 1790) = C. rufobasalis (Pic, 1917), syn. nov.