Ablattaria laevigata ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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 : 574

Ablattaria laevigata ( Fabricius, 1775)

( Figs 9 , 36 )

Material examined. Turkey: Antalya: 1 male, city centre, 36°53'N / 030°42'E, 20 m, 17.III.2007, A. Reiter leg. ( JRUC) ; Batman: 1 spec., Beşirli, İkiyaka village , 37°47'33.00"N / 41°33'11.00"E, 480 m, 17.V.2015, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU) ; Çanakkale: 1 spec., Biga, NW of Çınarköprü village , 40°19'37.77"N / 27°15'35.78"E, 10 m, 03.V.2013, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU) ; 2 males, Sarıcaeli village , 40.1160°N / 026.4399°E, 100 m, 16.–29.IV.2011, S. Murzin leg. ( JRUC) ; 1 male, Tevfikiye env., Truva , 39°57'N / 026°14'E, 19.IV.2004, P. Kment leg., ancient ruins, ( JRUC) ; İzmir: 1 spec., Dikili, Çukuralan village , 26°56'00.15"N / 39°10'44.20"E, 485 m, 09.VI.2009, A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU) ; Gümüşhane: 1 spec., Kelkit, N of Akdağ village , 39°54'04.93"N / 39°26'26.09"E, 1824 m, 22.VI.2011, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU).

Distribution in Turkey. Edirne, Kastamonu, Gümüşhane ( Háva et al. 1998); Osmaniye ( Kurtgöz 2007); Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, İstanbul, İzmir, Bolu, Karabük, Trabzon, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa ( Qubaiová et al. 2015).

Remarks. Widely distributed from Europe to Georgia and Armenia ( Qubaiová et al. 2015; Růžička 2015). In Turkey, distributed along the western, northwestern and northern coasts of Turkey ( Fig. 36 ). Here reported for the first time from Antalya, Batman and Çanakkale Provinces.

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Habitus in dorsal view of (9) Ablattaria laevigata, (10) Aclypea undata, (11) Dendroxena quadrimaculata and (12) Necrodes littoralis (scales: 5 mm).

FIGURES 35–36. Distribution of (35) Ablattaria arenaria and (36) A. laevigata in Turkey.