Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798

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 : 582

Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798

( Figs 17 , 45 )

Material examined. Turkey: Erzurum: 1 spec., Aşkale, Kükürtlü village , 39°51'21.98"N / 40°35'30.96"E, 1940 m, 25.VI.2011, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU) ; Bitlis: 1 female; Tatvan env., Nemrut Dağı, Güroymak , ca. 38°36'N 042°02'E, 1600 m, 14.V.2005, K. Orszulik leg. ( KORC) ; Kars: 1 male, Susuz env., Doyumlu , 40.8390°N / 033.0321°E, 1400 m, 4.–7.V.2011, S. Murzin leg. ( JRUC) .

Distribution in Turkey. Artvin ( Háva et al. 1998); İzmir ( Tezcan and Háva 2001; Tezcan et al. 2010).

Remarks. A widely distributed European species, also known from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran and Turkey (Růžička 2015). In central Europe, it prefers wet open habitats ( Růžička 1994). In Turkey, recorded only from a few scattered records ( Fig. 45 ). Here reported for the first time from Bitlis, Çankırı and Erzurum 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 45–46. Distribution of (45) Silpha tristis and (46) Thanatophilus rugosus in Turkey.