Taxonomic review of the genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Turkey

Abstract

Five species of the genus Helops s. str. Fabricius, 1775 are known from Turkey: Helops caeruleus stevenii Krynicki, 1834 (Georgia near the border of Turkey, can be found in Rize Province, Turkey), Helops rossii Germar, 1817 (Istanbul and Bursa provinces), Helops glabriventris glabriventris Reitter, 1885 (Izmir and Isparta provinces; Taurus Mts.: Mugla, Antalya, Konya, Mersin provinces), Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877 (Amanos and Central Taurus Mts.: Mersin, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep and Hatay provinces), Helops punctatissimus sp. n. (Bitlis Province). A new synonymy is established: Helops Fabricius, 1775 = Mesohelops Reitter, 1922, syn. n. Bionomics, morphology of male genitalia and key to the Turkish species are given

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Tenebrionidae
• Helops
• Turkey
• taxonomy
• distribution
• new species