Taxonomic review of the genus Calyptopsis of Turkey and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini)
Chigray Svetlana, Nabozhenko Maxim, Keskin Besir, Aburakhamov Gayirbeg
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(2): 331-346, 2018
Published online: 29th August 2018
Published in print: 31st December 2018
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Abstract: The taxonomic review of the tenebrionid genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835
(Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini) of Turkey and Western Transcaucasia is given. Four
new species and one new subspecies are described: C. capnisiformis volcanica
subsp. nov. (from calderas of extinct volcanoes in Karaman and Manisa
provinces), C. fouquei sp. nov. (Artvin Province), C. egecemi sp. nov. (Izmir
Province), C. kaszabi sp. nov. (Bayburt Province), C. ottoi sp. nov. (Turkey:
Hakkari and Van provinces; NE Iraq: Zagros Mts.). The lectotype of Calyptopsis
lineimargo Reitter, 1897 is designated. The key and images for the Turkish and
Western Transcaucasian species are given. In total, eleven species and one
subspecies are known from Turkey, of which eight taxa are endemic for Anatolia.
Key words: Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Calyptopsis, taxonomy, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Palaearctic Region