Coleoptera (Insecta) from Ashgabat City and Köýtendag Nature Reserve, with nine first records for Turkmenistan

Abstract

A list of 60 species group taxa of 15 families of the order Coleoptera collected at Ashgabat City and in Lebap Province (Turkmenistan) is presented. Nine species are reported for the first time for the country: Bembidion aeneum Germar, 1823, Chlaenius extensus Mannerheim, 1825, Gyrinus distinctus Aubé, 1838, Bisnius piochardi (Fauvel, 1875), Gabrius hissaricus Schillhammer, 2003, Quedius novus Eppelsheim, 1892, Thinodromus behnei Gildenkov, 2000, Trichophya pilicornis (Gyllenhal, 1810) and Galeruca jucunda (Faldermann, 1836).

Keywords

• coleoptera
• turkmenistan
• new records
• first records