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A New Record of Leistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793) from Turkey
(Coleoptera: Carabidae)
İrem YAMAN* Ali GÖK
Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Art and Science, Department of Biology, 32260,
Isparta, TURKEY, e-mails: *iremyaman32@gmail.com, aligok32@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Leistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793) is recorded for the rst time from Turkey. A single specimen was
collected from Kovada Lake National Park (Isparta, Turkey). The new record extends the known distribution
of this species through Southeastern Europe including Turkey. Information about its distribution, habitat
and some morphological properties are given.
Key words: Carabidae, Leistus terminatus, new record, Turkey, distribution.
INTRODUCTION
The genus Leistus is a member of the subfamily Nebriinae in the ground beetles
(Carabidae) and is in the tribe Nebriini Laporte, 1834 which was established by Frölich
in 1799 (Farkač, 2005). The genus Leistus includes 189 species and 21 subspecies
which are mainly distributed in Palearctic area. The genus comprises 15 species in
Turkey as shown by previous studies (Avgın, 2007; Farkač and Wrase, 2010).
During a faunistic survey on the ground beetles in Turkey carried out in 2014,
one specimen belonging to the genus Leistus was collected. Examination of this
specimen revealed that it was Leistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793). As far as we know,
L. terminatus had not been reported in Turkey up to now. The purpose of this study is
to briey describe L. terminatus and provide new distributional data about the species.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
This study is based on single male specimen collected from Kovada Lake National
Park (Isparta, Turkey) in 2014. Sample was collected by pitfall trap. Pitfall traps are
plastic buckets that have a size of 13 cm in diameter and 14 cm in depth. Traps are lled
two-thirds with a water-vinegar solution. 10 pitfall traps are placed within 50 meters
apart on a line as a sampling design. The sample specimen was photographed using
a Canon EOS 60D digital camera attached to the Olympus SZX12 stereomicroscope.
The specimen is deposited in the Departmant of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science,
Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
J. Entomol. Res. Soc., 18(3): 45-48, 2016 ISSN:1302-0250
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RESULTS
Leistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793) (Fig. 1)
Material examined. TURKEY: Kovada Lake National Park (37°36’29.79” N, 30°53’7.86), elevation:
989 m, 1♂, July 12, 2014, leg I. Yaman.
Description
Total body length: 7.1 mm. (Fig. 1)
Head: Almost black-brown; mouth parts are mid brown, rst four antennomers light
brown, the remaning parts brownish. The rst segment of the antenna 2X as long
as the second, the third segment 1.8X as long as second, antennal segment ratios:
(10:5:9:6:13:10:11:10:10:8:8). The base of the mandible thick, tapering sharply to the
apex. Mandible with scarce setae.
Pronotum: Mid brown. Sides of pronotum only slightly sinuate in front of obtuse
hind angles and rounded apically. Apical and basal parts of pronotum wide-toothed,
lateral parts narrow-toothed. The width of the pronotum 1.6X wider than the length.
Scutellum: Mid brown; triangular; asetose.
Elytra: Apical part of elytra and abdomen mid brown to dark brown. Sides of elytra
strongly widened behind the non-toothed shoulders. Terminal parts of elytra becomes
darker brown. Regular punctate striae parallel to elytral suture. Wing developement,
macropterous.
Legs: Femur, tibia and tarsal segments pale yellow; femur with few setae, tibia
and tarsal segments setose.
Fig. 1. Habitus of Leistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793)
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Distribution
Leistus terminatus is widely distributed in the Palearctic region. This species is
distributed in Europe in Belgium, Byelorussia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; in Asia in East and West Siberia, Kyrgyzstan and
Mongolia (Löbl and Smetana, 2003; Farkač, 2005). According to above information,
Turkey is the most southern area of the distribution of the L. terminatus.
Habitat
Leistus terminatus was collected from a forested habitat. The area is quite moist,
rocky and Quercus coccifera is the most abundant maquis plant species in the area.
The soil has a clay structure in the area where the specimen was collected and the
topsoil is covered with a dense litter layer.
DISCUSSION
A check-list of the Nebriini fauna of Turkey was published by Avgın (2007).
According to that study, Turkish Nebriini fauna included 13 species in the genus Leistus;
L. spinibarbis (Fabricius), L. montanus Stephens, L. parvicollis Chaudoir, L. noesskei
Bänninger, L. hermonis Piochard de la Brûlerie, L. rufomarginatus (Duftschmid), L.
fulvibarbis Dejean, L. caucasicus Chaudoir, L. fulvus Chaudoir, L. chaudoiri Perrault,
L. femoralis Chaudoir, L. ovitensis Perrault, L. ledouxi Perrault. In addition, Farkač and
Wrase described two new species from Turkey in 2010, L. schuelkei and L. trabzonicus.
The above-mentioned literatures shows that Turkish Leistus fauna included a total
of 15 species until now. With the present study adding the new record of L. terminatus,
the Leistus fauna of Turkey currently is 16 species.
According to previous studies, L. terminatus is widely distributed in Europe. On the
other hand, the species may actually be established in Turkey, but not collected until
now. However, further studies are needed to investigate the exact range of this species.
In this study, the specimen was collected on summer season. Previous studies show
that L. terminatus shows a peak of activity in the middle of the summer (Niemelä et
al., 1989). This species lives in forests, mostly in lowlands, more scarcely coniferous,
deciduous or mixed forests and stated as the species of shaded and humid places
(Shilenkov, 1999). This specimen was collected from a humid area which is covered
by dense deciduous species. The habitat preference of the species show similarities
to published literature.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This study was funded by Department of Scientic Research Project Management
of Süleyman Demirel University (SDUBAP) with the project SDUBAP (3761-YL2-13).
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Received: July 31, 2015 Accepted: Agust 08, 2016
