Faunistic Investigation of Diyarbakır Province in Terms of Hydrophilidae and Helophoridae (Coleoptera) Families

Abstract

In this study, samples belonging to Hydrophilidae and Helophoridae families collected fromDiyarbakır were evaluated. Samples were collected between May-September 2016 and April-October 2017among plants and mosses in shallow parts of various streams, springs, streams, deposits and ponds. In thestudy area, 12 taxa (species) from 7 genera belonging to Hydrophilidae family and 10 taxa (species) from 1genus belonging to Helophoridae families were determined. Among these species, Paracymus scutellaris(Rosenhauer, 1856), Anacaena lutescens (Stephens, 1829), Helophorus discrepans (Rey, 1885), Helophorusfrater (d'Ochymont, 1926) were recorded for the first time in both the Southeastern Anatolia Region andthe research area. In addition, E. (L.) fuscipennis (Thomson, 1884) and Hydrobius fuscipes (Linnaeus) wererecorded for the first time only from the study area.