Expansion of Distribution Records for Nine Subfamilies Of Carabidae (Coleoptera) With Two New Records in Turkey

Abstract

Carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) specimens from various environs in Turkey were examined. Eighty-one species/subspecies representing 20 genera in 9 subfamilies were identified. The subfamilies represented were Brachininae (5 species/subspecies), Broscinae (1 species), Carabinae (24 species/subspecies), Elaphrinae (1 species), Nebriinae (6 species/subspecies), Omophorninae (1 species), Paussinae (1 species), Scartinae (5 species/subspecies), and Trechinae (37 species/subspecies). All but a few of these species/subspecies are new records of distribution in several Turkish provinces. Furthermore, identification of Bembidion (Bembidionetolitzkya) cyaneum Chaudoir, 1846 and Bembidion (Bembidionetolitzkya) coeruleum Audinet-Serville, 1821 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) are the first recorded occurrences of these species in Turkey. Previously published records from Turkey, geographical distribution and chorotype information are provided for each species.