Additions to the fauna of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin, Turkey), with notes on host plant preferences and zoogeographic evaluations

Abstract

The first detailed data on species composition of leaf beetles of Hatila Valley National Park, Artvin, Turkey are presented. During the field surveys conducted in 2015, in total 49 species of Chrysomelidae from 26 genera belonging to 7 subfamilies were registered. Among them, 30 species are recorded for the first time from Artvin Province. The subfamily Galerucinae is the most diverse and includes 23 species in the park (18 – Alticini, 4 – Galerucini and 1 – Luperini), however two subfamilies, Criocerinae and Eumolpinae, are represented by only one species each. The genus Cryptocephalus Geoffrey, 1762 is the most diverse (7 species), followed by Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 (6), Chrysolina Motschulsky, 1860 (5), Altica Geoffrey, 1762 (4), Longitarsus Latreille, 1829 (4), Phyllotreta Chevrolet, 1836 (2) and Batophila Foudras, 1860 (2). The remaining genera are represented by only one species. The brief information on activity periods, host plant preferences and distribution of each species collected from the area is given and discussed in detail. The results based on our material showed that Hatila Valley National Park has a low species composition in terms of leaf beetles and the faunal structure of leaf beetles was not as high as expected

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Chrysomelidae
• species composition
• Hatila Valley National Park
• Artvin
• Turkey