Nicrophorus antennatus ( Reitter, 1885 )

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 : 558-565

Nicrophorus antennatus ( Reitter, 1885)

( Figs 1 , 25 )

Material examined. Turkey: Ankara: 2 spec., Ayaş, W of İlyakut village , 40°04'31.80"N / 32°26'52.82"E , 1066 m, 18.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU); 3 spec., Keçiören, S of Sarıbeyler village , 40°06'32.99"N / 32°46'24.88"E , 1264 m, 18.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 1 spec., same locality , 22.VI.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 4 spec., 06.VII.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 2 spec., 12.VII.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU), 1 spec., 03.VIII.2010, Mehmet Karadağ leg. (MAZMGU); 10 spec., Nallıhan, between Osmanköy-Yenice villages, 40° 4'9.29"N / 30°54'49.70"E , 570 m, 27.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), same locality 1 spec., 12.VII.2012 D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); Erzurum: 2 males, 2 females, 15 km SW of 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), 2 males, 7 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: 1 spec., Alpu, Başören village , 39°57'0.74"N / 30°59'20.85"E, 1044 m, 15.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 17 spec., same locality , 28.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 3 spec., 15.XI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Mihalıçcık, between Güreş—Belen villages, 39°54'6.88"N / 31°32'9.71"E , 1220 m, 13.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 5 spec., same locality , 25.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 5 spec., 11.VII.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 17 spec., 10.VIII.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 5 spec., Mihalıçcık, Lütfiye village , 39°54'3.45"N / 31°27'45.80"E , 1560 m, 14.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU), same locality 128 spec., 26.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU), 80 spec., 12.VII.2012,

D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU), 25 spec., 11.VIII.2012, D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU), 3 spec., 12.VII.2012, D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU), 183 spec., 11.VIII.2012, D. Çiftçi & Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Mihalıçcık, between Gürleyik—Yalımkaya villages, 39°59'40.51"N / 31°16'9.25"E, 1220 m, 14.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 51 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), 1 spec., same locality, 10.VIII.2012 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 43 spec., Mihalıçcık, 6th km on road of Gürleyik—Yalımkaya villages, 39°59'50.80"N / 31°19'7.84"E, 1076 m, 26.VI.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 29 spec., same locality, 12.VII.2012 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 11 spec., Mihalıçcık, Yeşilyurt village , 40°1'3.61"N / 31°11'55.96"E, 1307 m, 26.VI.2012 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU), 3 spec., same locality, 12.VII.2012 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 43 spec., Mihalıçcık, road of Mihallıçcık—Hamidiye villages, 39°53'16.63"N / 31°33'7.91"E, 1360 m, 12.VII.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 5 spec., Mihalıçcık, Güreş village , 39°55'14.49"N / 31°34'18.96"E, 1060 m, 10.VIII.2012 , D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 2 spec., Tepebaşı, road of Avlamış—Alpagut, 39°59'7.69"N / 30°28'39.28"E, 810 m, 13.VII.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); 1 spec., Tepebaşı, between Tekeciler—Atalantekke villages, 39°57'42.19"N / 30°30'32.30"E, 970 m, 05.IX.2012, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU); Mersin: 1 spec., Mut, S of Çömelek village, Sason Valley, 36°41'55.00"N / 33°42'17.00"E, 1040 m, 01.VIII.2007 , A. Hasbenli 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); Siirt: 51 spec. , Siirt, Campus of Siirt University , 37°58'12"N / 41°50'30"E, 587 m, 10.III.2016, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU).

Distribution in Turkey. Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Muş ( Háva et al. 1998); İzmir ( Tezcan and Háva 2001; Tezcan et al. 2010); Ankara, Niğde ( Açar 2008); İzmir, Isparta, Ankara, Çankırı, Osmaniye, Adıyaman, Malatya, Erzurum ( Sikes & Venables 2013a, b); Eskişehir ( Altunsoy et al. 2017).

Remarks. Widely distributed Palaearctic species, known from central and southern Europe to the west of China (Růžička 2015). Reported from grassland habitats with chernozem soils in central Europe ( Jakubec & Růžička 2012, 2015) and from xerophilous habitats in southern Russia ( Pushkin 2015). This species has many records from all regions of Turkey except for the Black Sea and Marmara Regions ( Fig. 25 ). Here we provide the first records from Mersin, Sivas and Siirt Provinces.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Habitus in dorsal view of (1) Nicrophorus antennatus, (2) N. germanicus, (3) N. humator and (4) N. interruptus (scales: 10 mm).

FIGURES 25–26. Distribution of (25) Nicrophorus antennatus and (26) N. germanicus in Turkey.