Melanotus

Gulpercin, N. & Tezcan, S., 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of the Melanotinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae) fauna of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1491-1498 : 1492

Melanotus (s.str.) crassicollis (ERICHSON, 1841)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Afyonkarahisar: Çay, 17. VI.1978, Quercus sp., 1 ex. ; Bilecik: Söğüt , 02. VI.1975, Quercus sp., 1 ex. ; İzmir: Bayındır, 14. V.1973, Quercus sp., 1 ex., Çeşme , 28.IV.1973, Pyrus elaeagnifolia PALLAS 1793, 1 ex., 28.IV.2003, light trap, 1 ex., 03. V.2003, light trap, 6 exs., 10. V.2003, light trap, 11 exs., 26.VII.2003, light trap, 2 exs., Ödemiş- Birgi, 07. VI.1972, weeds, 1 ex. ; Kırklareli: Central province, 03. VI.1975, Quercus sp. 1 ex., Lüleburgaz, 08. V.1975, Sinapis sp., 1 ex. ; Kütahya: Tavşanlı , 19. VI.1975, weeds, 1 ex. ; Mersin: Silifke , 03. VI.1972, Ceratonia siliqua LINNAEUS 1753, 1 ex. ; Tekirdağ: Central province, 21.V.1973, Prunus sp., 1 ex., 22.V.1973, Prunus sp., 1 ex., 23.V.1973, Prunus sp., 1 ex., 28.V.1973, Elaeagnus angustifolia LINNAEUS 1753, 1 ex., Şarköy, 23.V.1975, E. angustifolia, 1 ex., totally 34 specimens .

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y Turkey [as Melanotus cranicollis (ERICHSON 1841)] ( LODOS 1998 ) Probably mistaken transcription of correct name (MERTLIK & PLATIA 2008) ; Turkey ( LODOS 1998 ; LÖBL & SMETANA 2007 ; MERTLIK & PLATIA 2008) ; West Anatolia, Denizli (Babadağ), İzmir (Yamanlar Mountain) (SHALBERG 1912- 1913) ; İzmir [ Bayındır , Ödemiş (Birgi)] ( GULPERCIN & TEZCAN 2009). Distributional map of M. crassicollis in Turkey is given on Fig. 3 .