Flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) collected by malaise trap method in Gölcük Natural Park (Isparta, Turkey), with a new record for Turkish fauna

B Aslan,I Karaca,G Japoshvili,Gül Aslan

doi:10.2298/abs1201365a

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Abstract

This study is based on Alticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) material collected by Malaise trapping which is different from other standardized collecting methods. A total of 19 flea beetle species belonging to 6 genera were collected from G?lc?k Natural Park, Isparta (Turkey) during 2009. The species are listed in a table together with distributional data in Turkey. Among them, Longitarsus curtus (Allard, 1860) is recorded for the first time in Turkey. L. monticola Kutschera, 1863 and L. curtus are recently separated synonyms and thus all data referring to the distribution of both species are currently important. Hence, the zoogeographical distribution of the new record is reviewed with some remarks; habitus and genitalia are illustrated.

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Alticinae, or flea beetles, constitutes the most species-rich and abundant group in Chrysomelidae with some 11,000 species and 600 genera worldwide, about 2400 species and 64 genera of which are represented in the Palearctic region (Konstantinov et al, 2009)
Based on the material collected from Gölcük Natural Park in 2009 by Malaise traps, a total of 19 Alticinae species and 195 individuals belonging to 6 genera, including a new record for Turkish fauna, were identified
As far as we know, it represents the first study of Alticinae material collected by Malaise trapping in Turkey, as opposed to sweep netting and hand collecting

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Flea beetles, constitutes the most species-rich and abundant group in Chrysomelidae with some 11,000 species and 600 genera worldwide, about 2400 species and 64 genera of which are represented in the Palearctic region (Konstantinov et al, 2009). Within Chrysomelidae, Alticinae is the most commonly studied group in different regions of the world using different collecting methods, including Malaise traps (Farrel and Erwin, 1988; Basset and Samuelson, 1996; Wagner, 1999; Furth et al, 2003; Flowers and Hanson, 2003; Linzmeier and Ribeiro-Costa, 2008; 2009; Aslan and Ayvaz, 2009). Malaise traps, open-sided tents with a collecting head generally used to catch flying or crawling beetles, were used for sampling Alticinae species.

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