Nalassus (Helopocerodes) faldermanni (Faldermann, 1837)

Nabozhenko, Maxim, Keskin, Bekir & Ras, Institute of Arid Zones Ssc, 2014, New data about ‘ nalassoid’ genera from south-eastern Anatolia with description of a new species of Zophohelops (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (1), pp. 243-249 : 247-248

Nalassus (Helopocerodes) faldermanni (Faldermann, 1837)

Material examined. TURKEY: BITLIS PROVINCE: near Tatvan, N 38°28 ƍ59ƎE 42°19ƍ39Ǝ, 1750 m a.s.l., 24.v.2010, I. V.Shokhin leg., 8 specimens ( ZIN, MNRR). VAN PROVINCE: Erekda÷, N 38°25 ƍ53.1ƎE 43°29ƍ03.6Ǝ, 2077–2600 m

a.s.l., 1.vi.2013, M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin, A. Pektaú leg., 15 JJ 10 ♀♀ (dry material), 18 JJ 14 ♀♀ (in ethanol) ( ZDEU), 19 JJ 14 ♀♀ (dry material) ( ZIN, MNRR).

Distribution and habitat. This species is widespread in eastern Anatolia ( Fig. 9 ) and was recorded by NABOZHENKO (2001a) for Kars Province (Ka÷Õzman), and by KESKIN & NABO- ZHENKO (2010) for Van Province (Erçek Lake and Van Kale Castle). The species was found in Van Province in April on poplar ( Populus sp. ) and under stones. Additional material suggests that the western limit of distribution of N. faldermanni is Tatvan, and the southern limit in Anatolia is Erek Da÷.

Figures

Fig. 9. Distribution of the genus Zophohelops and the subgenus Helopocerodes (Nalassus) in south-eastern Anatolia. Black circle – N. faldermanni (Faldermann, 1837); white circle – N. kaszabi Nabozhenko, 2001; square – Z. montanatolicus sp. nov.