The Diving Beetle Fauna of Diyarbakır and Bingol Provinces, Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with a New Record
The Diving Beetle Fauna of Diyarbakır and Bingöl Provinces, Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with a New Record
Medeni Aykut
Science and Technology Application and Research Center, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey
ABSTRACT
The present study was carried out from September 2013 to August 2015 in Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces in the Eastern and South-eastern Anatolian regions of Turkey. A total of 3,990 dysticid specimens were collected from 118 different localities and identified. In total, 40 species in 17 genera of family Dytiscidae were recorded, of which 37 were new to the study area. Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) is the second record for Turkish fauna. Furthermore, Hydroporus inscitus Sharp, 1882 is new record for the Turkish fauna.
Article Information
Received 14 September 2017
Revised 25 October 2017
Accepted 01 November 2017
Available online 26 December 2017
Key words
Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Diving beetles.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.1.65.74
* Corresponding author: [email protected]
0030-9923/2018/0001-0065 $ 9.00/0
Copyright 2018 Zoological Society of Pakistan
Introduction
The family Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 is a conspicuous important component of aquatic beetles. The members of this family are known as predaceous diving beetles and could be found in all type of fresh water habitats. The family is represented by 182 genera and approximately 4,450 species, which are distributed around the world (Nilsson and Hájek, 2017a). In the Palearctic region, it is represented by 15 tribes, 80 genera and approximately 600 species (Nilsson and Hájek, 2017b). Darılmaz and Kıyak (2009a) listed 28 genera and 136 species from Turkey. With subsequent studies (Darılmaz and Kıyak, 2009b; Fery and Erman, 2009; Fery, 2009; Fery and Hendrich, 2011a, b; Fery and Przewozny, 2011; Hájek et al., 2011; Hernando et al., 2012; Vorst and Fery, 2014; Aykut and Fery, 2017) this value increased by 20 and reached to 156. Of these 36 are endemic to Turkey (Aykut and Fery, 2017; Nilsson and Hajek, 2017a). Up to now considerable faunistic studies of diving beetles have been conducted in Turkey and as a result; 32 of the 81 provinces have been studied (Fig. 1). Up to now, only a single study about Water Scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) have been conducted in Bingöl Province (Mart and Erman, 2017). There isn’t such any study in the remaining 49 provinces. Especially in south eastern region of Anatolia, (Diyarbakır is located in this region) we couldn’t find any faunistic study about this family. According to our investigations, only four species from Bingöl [Agabus biguttatus (Olivier, 1795), Graptodytes veterator behningi Zaitzev, 1927, Scarodytes halensis (Fabricius, 1787) and Scarodytes costates, Aykut and Fery, 2017] and six species from Diyarbakır [Agabus faldermanni Zaitzev, 1927, Ilybius chalconatus (Panzer, 1796), Deronectes evelynae Fery and Hosseinie, 1998, Deronectes syriacus Wewalka, 1970, Graptodytes sedilloti phrygius Guignot, 1942 and Hygrotus lernaeus (Schaum, 1857)] have been reported so far. The aim of this study was to determine the diving beetles fauna of Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces of Turkey.
Materials and Methods
Description of the study area
Diyarbakır province is located in the northern part of the South-eastern region of Anatolia, with an area of 15,188 km2. The altitude at the city centre is 674 m. It is generally surrounded by mountains, and the middle has a slightly hollowed outlook. The southern part of the city is covered by extensive farmlands while the northern parts with mountainous terrains. Bingöl province is located in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey and has a surface area of 8.253 km2 with a large number of aquatic sites with high altitudes. The altitude at the city centre is 1,159 m (Fig. 2).
Materials
Specimens were collected from freshwater habitats in Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces (Turkey) using a net with a mesh diameter of 0.5 mm from 2013 to 2015 (Supplementary Table I). Seven field trips were carried out during the study period. In Diyarbakır province, a total of 135 samplings were performed at 58 different localities.
In Bingöl province, 105 samplings were performed at 60 different localities. The coordinates and altitude information of the localities were taken directly from a handheld GPS tool (Magellan Explorist 610). As a result of these seven field trips and 240 samplings, 3,990 specimens were collected. The collected specimens were fixed and preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol solution at spot. The clay and muddy substances on their surfaces were brushed off with a small paintbrush in the laboratory, and each specimen was checked for identification. Confirmation of the identified species was performed in part by Dr. Hans Fery (Berlin, Germany). The examined materials have been deposited in the private collection of the author at Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Results
A total of 3,390 adults of 40 species in 17 genera of family Dytiscidae were collected and described from the study area. The species are listed in Supplementary Table II. Of 34 identified species in Diyarbakır province, 31 were new for the South-eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, and 6 of 36 identified species in Bingöl were new to the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) was the second record for Turkey. Hydroporus inscitus Sharp, 1882 was the first record for Turkey. By now, 37 dytiscid species are known from Bingöl province, 40 species from Diyarbakır province and 157 species from Turkey. The determined species and their locality data are listed below:
Family: DYTISCIDAE Leach, 1815
1. Agabus biguttatus (Olivier, 1795)
Material examined
B4, 17.V.2014, 2 ex.; B7, 18.V.2014, 14 ex.; B14, 19.V.2014, 1 ex.; B16, 19.V.2014, 3 ex.; B27, 17.VII.2014, 3 ex.; B28, 17.VII.2014, 4 ex.; B30, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 6 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex., 22.VIII.2015, 4 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex., 22.VIII.2015, 3 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 1 ex.; B48, 21.V.2015, 9 ex.; B49, 21.V.2014, 3 ex.; B52, 23.V.2015, 5 ex.; B53, 23.V.2015, 7 ex.; B57, 25.V.2015, 11 ex.; D3, 9.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 13 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D16, 13.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 10 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D29, 22.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D34, 23.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D38, 25.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 13 ex.; D50, 10.IX.2014, 13 ex.; D56, 11.IX.2014, 9 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
2. Agabus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Material examined
B2, 17.V.2014, 4 ex.; B3, 17.V.2014, 6 ex.; B4, 17.V.2014, 2 ex.; B5, 17.V.2014, 8 ex.; B6, 18.V.2014, 13 ex.; B7, 18.V.2014, 2 ex.; B8, 18.V.2014, 5 ex.; B10, 18.V.2014, 6 ex.; B13, 19.V.2014, 8 ex.; B16, 19.V.2014, 17 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 6 ex.;B18, 20.V.2014, 2 ex.; B20, 20.V.2014, 3 ex.; B24, 22.V.2014, 5 ex.; 31, 17.VIII.2014, 14 ex.; B32, 18.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B34, 18.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex.; B39, 20.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B48, 21.V.2015, 3 ex.; B49, 21.V.2014, 5 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 5 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 4 ex.; B58, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex., 23.VIII.2015, 3 ex.; D1, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D13, 12.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D15, 12.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D25, 22.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D29, 22.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 8 ex.; D38, 25.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D46, 25.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 6 ex.; D48, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D52, 10.IX.2014, 7 ex.; D55, 11.IX.2014, 8 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 7 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
3. Agabus caraboides (Sharp, 1882)
Material examined
B15, 19.V.2014, 4 ex.; B16, 19.V.2014, 1 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 1 ex.; B26, 17.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B34, 18.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B36, 18.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2017, 3 ex.; B42, 20.V.2015, 1 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 2 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D11, 10.IX. 2013, 3 ex.; D14, 12.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D16, 13.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D35, 23.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D48, 8.IX.2014, 4 ex.; D50, 10.IX.2014, 2 ex.; D53, 10.IX.2014, 1 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 6 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
4. Agabus conspersus (Marsham, 1802)
Material examined
B4, 17.V.2014, 4 ex.; B26, 17.VII.2014, 2 ex.; B27, 17.VII.2014, 3 ex.; B32, 18.VIII. 2014, 11 ex.; B35, 18.VIII.2014, 9 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 6 ex.; B45, 20.V.2015, 17 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 7 ex.; D1, 9.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D13, 12.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D29, 22.IV.2014, 7 ex.; D36, 23.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D52, 10.IX.2014, 6 ex.; D54, 10.IX.2014, 2 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
5. Agabus didymus (Olivier, 1795)
Material examined
B29, 17.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B37, 18.VIII. 2014, 3 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D22, 21.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D55, 11.IX.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for eastern and south eastern Regions of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
6. Agabus dilatatus (Brullé, 1832)
Material examined
B4, 17.V.2014, 3 ex.; B26, 22.V.2014, 2 ex.; B27, 17.VIII.2014, 2 ex.; B33, 18.VIII.2014, 8 ex.; B35, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B39, 20.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2014, 1 ex.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
7. Agabus nebulosus (Forster, 1771)
Material examined
B3, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B4, 17.V.2014, 2 ex.; B5, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B6, 18.V.2014, 2 ex.; B7, 18.V.2014, 6 ex.; B8, 18.V.2014, 13 ex.; B10, 18.V.2014, 1 ex.; B15, 19.V.2014, 4 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 7 ex.; B23, 19.V.2014, 1 ex.; B24, 22.V.2014, 2 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 1 ex.; B48, 21.V.2015, 1 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D7, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D9, 10.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D14, 12.IX.2013, 11 ex.; D28, 22.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D30, 22.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D31, 23.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D38, 25.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D41, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D44, 8.IX.2014, 10 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 9 ex.; D50, 10.IX.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
8. Bidessus calabricus (Guignot, 1957)
Material examined
B1, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B2, 17.V.2014, 2 ex.; B4, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B9, 18.V.2014, 1 ex.; B22, 22.V.2014, 3 ex.; B30, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 7 ex.; B55, 25.V.2015, 2 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 4 ex.; D4, 9.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D12, 12.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D25, 21.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D29, 22.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 1 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
9. Bidessus unistriatus (Goeze, 1777)
Material examined
B48, 21.V.2015, 7 ex.; B35, 21.VIII.2015, 3 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 17 ex.; D18, 13.IX.2013, 13 ex.; D31, 23.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D42, 25.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 5 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
10. Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined
B47, 21.V.2015, 7 ex.; B51, 23.V.2015, 4 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 6 ex.; D4, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D9, 10.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D12, 12.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D17, 13.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D28, 22.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D31, 23.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D35, 23.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D46, 8.IX.2014, 8 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 7 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 1 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
11. Dytiscus marginalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Material examined
B52, 23.V.2015, 3 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 8 ex.; B57, 25.V.2015, 2 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D15, 12.IX.2013, 9 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 4 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
12. Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Material examined
B1, 17.V.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
Second record from Turkey. Previously this species was recorded for the first time from Adana, Toros Mountains by Gueorguiev (1981) without any detailed coordinates. It is also new for eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic.
13. Graptodytes veterator (Zaitzev, 1927)
Material examined
B31, 17.VIII.2014, 32 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 7 ex.; B59, 26.V.2015, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
14. Hydroglyphus geminus (Fabricius, 1792)
Material examined
B6, 18.V.2014, 8 ex.; B10, 18.V.2014, 2 ex.; B12, 19.V.2014, 2 ex.; B18, 20.V.2014, 3 ex.; B24, 22.V.2014, 3 ex.; B32, 18.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 7 ex.; B45, 20.V.2015, 5 ex.; B48, 21.V.2015, 8 ex.; B54, 23.V.2015, 2 ex.; B56, 23.V.2015, 1 ex.; B57, 23.V.2015, 6 ex.; B60, 26.V. 2015, 4 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D15, 12.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D17, 13.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D22, 21.IV.2014, 27 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 8 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 7 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D46, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D48, 8.IX.2014, 32 ex.; D50, 10.IX.2014, 15 ex.; D53, 10.IX.2014, 21 ex.; D56, 11.IX:2014, 9 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 1 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 4 ex.
Distribution
Oriental and Palaearctic.
15. Hydroporus discretus
(Fairmaire and Brisout, 1859)
Material examined
B6, 18.V.2014, 11 ex.; B16, 19.V.2014, 7 ex.; B27, 17.VII.2014, 5 ex.; B34, 21.VIII.2015, 7 ex.; B35, 21.VIII.2015, 4 ex.; D7, 10.IX.2013, 26 ex.; D10, 10.IX.2013, 12 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D21, 21.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D40, 25.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D45, 8.Ix.2014, 12 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 19 ex.
Remarks
New for eastern and south eastern Regions of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
16. Hydroporus inscitus (Sharp, 1882)
Material examined
B1, 17.V.2014, 3 ex. (Fig. 3)
Remarks
First record from Turkey. This species was previously known from Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and Yemen.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
17. Hydroporus kozlovskii (Zaitzev, 1927)
Material examined
D25, 21.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D36, 23.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D37, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D45, 8.IX.2014, 1 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
18. Hydroporus marginatus (Duftschmid, 1805)
Material examined
D6, 10.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D10, 10.IX.2013, 12 ex.; D18, 13.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D37, 25.IV.2014, 8 ex.; D38, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D42, 25.IV.2014, 11 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
19. Hydroporus planus (Fabricius, 1782)
Material examined
B6, 18.V.2014, 7 ex.; B10, 18.V.2014, 4 ex.; B13, 19.V.2014, 3 ex.; B16, 19.V.2014, 6 ex.; B20, 20.V.2014, 6 ex.; B25, 22.V.2014, 7 ex.; B36, 18.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2014, 2 ex.; B49, 21.V.2015, 2 ex.; B55, 25.V.2015, 1 ex.; D3, 9.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D4, 9.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 11 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D16, 13.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D22, 21.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D36, 23.IV.2014, 18 ex.; D37, 25.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D48, 8.IX.2014, 1 ex.; D52, 10.IX.2014, 12 ex.; D55, 11.IX.2014, 6 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
20. Hydroporus pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Material examined
B15, 19.V.2014, 3 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 10 ex.; B18, 20.V.2014, 21 ex.; B23, 19.V.2014, 2 ex.; B27, 17.VIII.2014, 8 ex.; B37, 18.VIII.2014, 17 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B43, 20.V.2014, 6 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 3 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D7, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D9, 10.IX.2013, 19 ex.; D10, 10.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D13, 12.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 13 ex.; D26, 21.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D30, 22.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D32, 23.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D44, 8.IX.2014, 1 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
21. Hydroporus tessellatus (Drapiez, 1819)
Material examined
B15, 19.V.2014, 5 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 4 ex.; B18, 20.V.2014, 12 ex.; B27, 17.VIII.2014, 11 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B43, 20.V.2014, 1 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D7, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D9, 10.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D10, 10.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D13, 12.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D32, 23.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
22. Hydroporus transgrediens (Gschwendtner, 1923)
Material examined
B7, 18.V.2014, 1 ex.; B15, 19.V.2014, 1 ex.; B18, 20.V.2014, 1 ex.; B23, 19.V.2014, 15 ex.; B25, 22.V.2014, 3 ex.; B27, 17.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B28, 18.VII.2014, 1 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 2 ex.; B38, 20.VIII.2014, 6 ex.; B42, 20.V.2014, 3 ex.; B43, 20.V.2014, 4 ex.; B50, 23.V.2015, 1 ex.; B54, 25.V.2015, 5 ex.; B55, 25.V.2015, 1 ex.; B57, 25.V.2015, 1 ex.; D1, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D17, 13.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D30, 22.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D34, 23.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D41, 25.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D45, 8.IX.2014, 1 ex.; D52, 10.IX.2014, 1 ex.; D53, 10.IX.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
23. Hydrovatus cuspidatus (Kunze, 1818)
Examined material
B2, 17.V.2014, 4 ex.; B4, 17.V.2014, 2 ex.; B5, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B8, 18.V.2014, 5 ex.; B10, 18.V.2014, 6 ex.; B17, 20.V.2014, 8 ex.; B18, 20.V.2014, 12 ex.; B24, 22.V.2014, 2 ex.; 31, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B32, 18.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex.; B49, 21.V.2014, 2 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 1 ex.;
Distribution
Afrotropical and Palaearctic.
24. Hygrotus armeniacus (Zaitzev, 1927)
Examined material
D15, 10.V.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
25. Hygrotus confluens (Fabricius, 1787)
Examined material
B43, 20.V.2015, 12 ex.; B49, 21.V.2015, 5 ex.; D23, 21.V.2014, 9 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D25, 21.IV.2015, 7 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey
Distribution
Palaearctic.
26. Hygrotus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783)
Examined material
B34, 18.VIII.2014, 25 ex., 21.VIII.2015, 39 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D35, 23.IV.2014, 5 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Nearctic and Palaearctic.
27. Hygrotus inaequalis (Fabricius, 1777)
Examined material
B3, 17.V.2014, 4 ex.; B7, 18.V.2014, 5 ex.; B13, 19.V.2014, 21 ex.; B21, 22.V.2014, 8 ex.; B28, 17.VII.2014, 6 ex.; B31, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B32, 18.VIII.2014, 3 ex.; B35, 18.VIII.2014, 6 ex., 21.VIII.2015, 5 ex.; B44, 20.V.2015, 2 ex.; B47, 21.V.2015, 3 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 7 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D14, 12.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D18, 13.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D26, 21.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D28, 22.IV.2014, 12 ex.; D31, 23.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D38, 25.IV.2014, 7 ex.; D42, 25.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D46, 8.IX.2014, 2 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 8 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 2 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 13 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
28. Hygrotus marklini (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Examined material
B34, 21.VIII.2015, 9 ex.; D22, 21.IV.2014, 8 ex., 27.IX.2014, 11 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 28 ex.; D24, 21.IV.2014, 13 ex., 27.IX.2014, 9 ex.; D25, 27.IX.2014, 21 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Nearctic and Palaearctic.
29. Ilybius chalconatus (Panzer, 1796)
Examined material
B4, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B10, 18.v.2014, 8 3x.; B19, 20.V.2014, 5 ex.; B22, 22.V.2014, 1 ex.; B23, 22.V.2014, 6 ex.; B27, 17.VII.2014, 1 ex.; B39, 20.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 3 ex.; D7, 10.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D18, 13.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 3 ex.;
Distribution
Palaearctic.
30. Ilybius fuliginosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Examined material
B7, 18.V.2014, 3 ex.; B9, 18.V.2014, 2 ex.; B11, 18.V.2014, 11 ex.; B12, 19.V.2014, 2 ex.; B13, 19.V.2014, 6 ex.; B47, 21.V.2015, 1 ex.; B53, 23.V.2015, 6 ex.; B55, 25.V.2015, 7 ex.; D1, 9.IX.2013, 11 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D14, 12.IX.2013, 1 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 9 ex.; D21, 21.IV.2014, 11 ex.; D32, 23.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 10 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
31. Laccophilus hyalinus (De Geer, 1774)
Examined material
B1, 17.V.2014, 17 ex.; B3, 17.V.2014, 14 ex.; B6, 18.V.2014, 4 ex.; B14, 19.V.2014, 3 ex.; B20, 20.V.2014, 9 ex.; B21, 22.V.2014, 12 ex.; B33, 18.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B39, 20.VIII.2014, 10 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 3 ex.; B53, 23.V.2015, 3 ex.; B56, 25.V.2015, 2 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D5, 9.IX.2013, 8 ex.; D11, 10.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D17, 13.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 17 ex.; D23, 21.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 12 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 6 ex.; D48, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 2 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 15 ex.; D53, 10.IX.2014, 21 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 4 ex.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
32. Laccophilus minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Examined material
B5, 17.V.2014, 3 ex.; B6, 18.V.2014, 5 ex.; B15, 19.V.2014, 2 ex.; B20, 20.V.2014, 6 ex.; B23, 22.V.2014, 4 ex.; B30, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B31, 17.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B34, 21.VIII.2015, 14 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 5 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 7 ex.; B47, 21.V.2015, 4 ex.; B49, 21.V.2015, 1 ex.; D1, 9.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D9, 10.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D17, 13.IX.2013, 2 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D31, 23.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D34, 23.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D39, 25.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D42, 25.IV.2014, 11 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 3 ex.; D55, 11.IX.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Oriental and Palaearctic.
33. Laccophilus poecilus (Klug, 1834)
Examined material
B8, 18.V.2014, 5 ex.; B17, 20.V.2017, 4 ex.; B31, 17.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B59, 26.V.2015, 7 ex.; D4, 9.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 13 ex.; D10, 10.IX.2013, 3 ex.; D12, 12.IX.2013, 10 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 3 ex.; D30, 22.IV.2014, 52 ex.; D34, 23.IV.2014, 12 ex.; D36, 23.IV.2014, 7 ex.; D40, 25.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D43, 25.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D44, 8.IX.2014, 10 ex.; D47, 8.IX.2014, 9 ex.; D50, 10.IX.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
34. Nebrioporus airumlus (Kolenati, 1845)
Examined material
B34, 18.VIII:2014, 4 ex., 21.VIII.2015, 2 ex.; B42, 20.V.2015, 3 ex.; B53, 23.V.2015, 3 ex.; D29, 22.IV.2014, 5 ex.; D58, 11.IX.2014, 8 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
35. Nebrioporus stearinus (Kolenati, 1845)
Examined material
B9,18.V.1024, 4 ex.; B11, 18.V.2014, 3 ex.; B21, 22.V.2014, 10 ex.; B27, 17.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B29, 18.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B31, 17.VIII.2014, 1 ex.; B35, 21.VIII.2015, 1 ex.; B41, 20.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 1 ex.; B45, 20.V.2015, 1 ex.; B49, 21.V.2015, 1 ex.; B58, 20.VIII.2014, 21 ex.; D19, 13.IX.2013, 7 ex.; D25, 21.IV.2014, 1 ex.; D32, 23.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D33, 23.IV.2014, 2 ex.; D42, 25.IV.2014, 14 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
36. Oreodytes davisii davisii (Curtis, 1831)
Examined material
B35, 18.VIII.2014, 7 ex.; B42, 20.V.2015, 4 ex.; B53, 23.V.2015, 6 ex.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
37. Platambus lunulatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829)
Examined material
B46, 20.V.2015, 2 ex.; B47, 21.V.2015, 6 ex.; B52, 23.V.2015, 1 ex.; B57, 4 ex.; D2, 9.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D8, 10.IX.2013, 6 ex.; D15, 12.IX.2013, 3 ex., 25.VIII.2014, 5 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
38. Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Examined material
B44, 20.V.2015, 5 ex.; B48, 25.V.2015, 4 ex.; D51, 10.IX.2014, 4 ex.; D57, 11.IX.2014, 5 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
39. Rhantus suturalis (W.S. Macleay, 1825)
Examined material
D12, 12.IX.2013, 5 ex.; D15, 12.IX.2013, 4 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 2 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Australian, Oriental, Pacific and Palaearctic.
40. Scarodytes halensis (Fabricius, 1787)
Examined material
B1, 17.V.2014, 7 ex.; B2, 17.V.2014, 14 ex.; B3, 17.V.2014, 1 ex.; B8, 18.V.2014, 12 ex.; B13, 19.V.2014, 5 ex.; B23, 19.V.2014, 13 ex.; 22.V.2014, 17 ex., 17.VIII.2014, 11 ex.; B35, 18.VIII.2014, 33 ex.; B37, 20.VIII.2014, 15 ex.; B40, 20.VIII.2014, 4 ex.; B43, 20.V.2015, 9 ex.; B45, 20.V.2015, 4 ex.; B46, 20.V.2015, 6 ex.; B47, 21.V.2015, 42 ex.; B49, 21.V.2015, 11 ex.; B51, 23.V.2015, 43 ex.; B58, 20.VIII.2014,12 ex.; D6, 10.IX.2013, 21 ex.; D20, 21.IV.2014, 4 ex.; D27, 22.IV.2014, 11 ex.; D30, 22.IV.2014, 7 ex.; D44, 8.IX.2014, 12 ex.; D49, 8.IX.2014, 63 ex.; D56, 11.IX.2014, 13 ex.; D58, 11.Ix.2014, 3 ex.
Remarks
New for south eastern Region of Turkey.
Distribution
Palaearctic.
Discussion
In the freshwater habitats of Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces 40 diving beetle species belonging to 17 genera were recorded. Of these Hydroporus inscitus Sharp, 1882 was recorded from Turkey for the first time, while Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus, 1767) was recorded for the second time. The total number of specimens of diving beetles collected from the research area amounts to 3.990. Scarodytes halensis was the most dominant species (11.77%), followed by Agabus bipustulatus (6.66%), A. biguttatus (6.19%), Hydroglyphus geminus (5.75%) and Laccophilus hyalinus (5.48%). Agabus didymus, Eretes sticticus, Hydroporus inscitus, H. Kozlovskii, Hygrotus armeniacus, Nebrioporus airumlus, Oreodytes davisii, Platambus lunulatus, P. maculatus and Rhantus suturalis has an abundance of less than 1%. The remaining 25 species were subdominant with an abundance of 1-5 %.
Agabus bipustulatus, A. biguttatus, Hydroglyphus geminus, Hydroporus transgradiens, Hygrotus inaequalis, Scarodytes halensis and Laccophilus hyalinus were the most widespread species found in our study area. These seven species were found, respectively: A. bipustulatus in 43 sites, A. biguttatus and Hydroglyphus geminus in 29 sites, Hydroporus transgradiens in 28 sites, H.inaequalis in 26 sites, Scarodytes halensis and Laccophilus hyalinus in 25 sites. In contrast to these species; Eretes sticticus, Hydroporus inscitus and Hygrotus armeniacus were restricted to a single site each. Additional studies are required to better understand the overall distribution of Turkish Dytiscidae.
Acknowledgements
The author especially thanks to Dr. Hans Fery (Berlin, Germany) for confirming the determination of a part of the material and providing insightful comments to improve the manuscript. This study was partly supported by the Research Fund of Dicle University (DUBAP), project no 14-DÜBTAM-81. A part of this study was presented orally in Symposium on Euroasian Biodiversity (SEAB), May 23-27, 2016, Antalya, Turkey.
There is supplementary material associated with this article. Access the material online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjz/2018.50.1.65.74
Statement of conflict of interest
Authors have declared no conflict of interest.
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