Thanatophilus terminatus ( Hummel, 1825 )

Çiftçi, Derya, Růžička, Jan, Hasbenli, Abdullah & Şahin, Ülfet, 2018, The large carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Turkey: a review with a new species record, Zootaxa 4441 (3), pp. 555-591 : 585-586

Thanatophilus terminatus ( Hummel, 1825)

( Figs 20 , 48 )

Material examined. Turkey: Ankara: 1 spec., Ayaş, W of İlyakut village, 40°04'31.80"N / 32°26'52.82"E, 1066 m, 22.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU); 2 spec., Keçiören, S of Sarıbeyler village , 40°06'32.99"N / 32°46'24.88"E, 1264 m, 14.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 1 spec., same locality , 18.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 1 spec., 22.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 1 spec., 06.VII.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU); Erzurum: 26 males, 16 females, 15 km SW Erzurum, Palandöken Mts., Tekederesi village env., 39°48.8'N / 041°09.0'E, 1965 m, 26.VI.–13.VII.2004, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., steppe near spring on N slope, baited pitfall traps (fish meat) with ethylene glycol ( JRUC) ; 10 males, 8 females, same locality, 2230 m, 26.VI.–13.VII.2004, 39°47.6'N / 041°09.7'E, Jiří Hájek & Jan Růžička leg., steppe and meadow near spring, baited pitfall traps (fish meat) with ethylene glycol ( JRUC) ; Eskişehir: 3 spec., Alpu, Başören village, 39°57'0.74"N / 30°59'20.85"E, 1044 m, 28.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 4 spec., Mihalıçcık , Lütfiye village , 39°54'3.45"N / 31°27'45.80"E, 1560 m, 14.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 6 spec., same locality , 26.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 2 spec., Mihalıçcık, between Narlı—Sekiören villages, 39°55'11.73"N / 31°42'55.28"E, 1100 m, 25.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 2 spec., Mihalıçcık , between Sorkun-Lütfiye villages, 39°55'17.50"N / 31°25'15.52"E, 1413 m, 11.VIII.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU) ; Sivas: 1 spec., İmranlı, SE of Yaylacık village , 39°52'0.07"N / 38° 5'13.99"E, 1637 m, 10.VI.2011, A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU).

Distribution in Turkey. Ankara, Eskişehir ( Schawaller 1981); Nevşehir, Adıyaman, Adana ( Háva et al. 1998); Niğde ( Açar 2008).

Remarks. Species distributed from Turkey and southern Ukraine to Eastern Siberia and the west of China (Růžička 2015). In Turkey, distributed in central and southern regions ( Fig. 48 ). Here reported for the first time from Erzurum and Sivas Provinces.

Figures

FIGURES 17–20. Habitus in dorsal view of (17) Silpha tristis, (18) Thanatophilus rugosus, (19) T. sinuatus and (20) T. terminatus (scales: 5 mm).

FIGURES 47–48. Distribution of (47) Thanatophilus sinuatus and (48) T. terminatus in Turkey.