Turk J Zool 34 (2010) 509-521 © TÜBİTAK Research Article doi:10.3906/zoo-0902-6 Faunistic study of the aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) in the Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Trabzon provinces of Turkey Abdullah MART*, Ümit İNCEKARA, Hanifi KARACA Atatürk University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, 25240 Erzurum - TURKEY Received: 12.02.2009 Abstract: In this study, we established the presence of 25 aquatic beetle (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) species belonging to 5 subgenera from the Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Trabzon provinces in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Specimens were collected between May 2007 and October 2007. Ten species are here recorded for the first time from the Black Sea region and 6 species are recorded for the first time in the research area. In addition, the habitats of these species found in the research area were given. Key words: Coleoptera, Helophoridae, fauna, Turkey Türkiye’nin Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu ve Trabzon illerindeki sucul kınkanatlılarına ait (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) faunistik çalışma Özet: Bu çalışmada, Türkiye’nin Karadeniz bölgesi Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu ve Trabzon illerinden toplanan 5 altcinse ait 25 sucul kınkanatlı (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) türü kaydedilmiştir. Örnekler Mayıs 2007 ve Ekim 2007 tarihleri arasında toplanmıştır. 10 tür Karadeniz bölgesinden, 6 tür ise araştırma bölgesinden ilk olarak kaydedilmiştir. Ayrıca, araştırma bölgesinden toplanan bu türlerin habitatları hakkında bilgiler verilmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Coleoptera, Helophoridae, fauna, Türkiye Introduction comprises 186 species, represented in 3 major The Helophoridae are among the most distinctive zoogeographical regions (Palearctic, Nearctic, and of all the aquatic Coleoptera; the adults are Ethiopian). Most species of Helophorus are aquatic immediately recognizable by the pattern of 5 and occur in a wide range of aquatic habitats from sea longitudinal grooves running down the surface of the level to the alpine zone of high mountains, where they pronotum (Angus, 1992). It is a large family occur in snow-fed puddles and pools. Most species comprising a single genus, Helophorus. This genus seem to prefer standing shallow water with plenty of * E-mail: [email protected] 509 Faunistic study of the aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) in the Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Trabzon provinces of Turkey organic debris, such as edges of small to medium sized Estonia, FA Faeroe Islands, FI Finland, FR France water bodies; less frequently, species also occur in (incl. Corsica, Monaco), GB Great Britain (incl. small, slow flowing streams. Many species occur in Channel Islands), GE Germany, GG Georgia, GR the transition zone between water and land, in debris, Greece (incl. Kriti) HU Hungary, IC Iceland, IR sand or mud, and in moss or other vegetation as long Ireland, IT Italy (incl. Sardegna, Sicilia, San Marino), as the habitat is very wet. Some also occur in wet KZ Kazakhstan, LA Latvia, LS Liechtenstein, LT Sphagnum or other moss in bogs, swamps, marshes, Lithuania, LU Luxembourg, MA Malta, MC etc. The species belonging to the subgenus Empleurus Macedonia, MD Moldavia, NL The Netherlands, NR Hope, 1838 are strictly terrestrial and live on moist Norway, NT Russia: North European Territory, PL soil in vegetation, under rocks and in or under rotting Poland, PT Portugal, RO Romania, RU Russia, SK plant debris. Some even live in the alpine zone under Slovakia, SL Slovenia, SP Spain (incl. Gibraltar), SR rocks and grass roots at the edges of snowfields or in Svalbard (Spitzbergen), ST Russia: South European alpine meadows (Angus, 1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1985c, Territory, SV Sweden, SZ Switzerland, TR Turkey, UK 1988, 1992; Smetana, 1985; Hansen, 1987, 1999, 2004; Ukraine, YU Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro). Mart and Erman, 2001; İncekara et al., 2002, 2004, N- North Africa: AG Algeria, CI Canary Islands, 2005a, 2005b). In this study, 5 subgenera and 25 EG Egypt, LB Libya, MO Morocco (incl. Western species have been recorded from only the Bayburt, Sahara), MR Madeira Archipelago, TU Tunisia. Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Trabzon provinces of Turkey. The aim of this study was to make a A-Asia: AE Arab Emirates, AF Afghanistan, AP contribution to the Turkish aquatic beetle fauna. India: Arunachal Pradesh, BA Bahrain, BT Bhutan, CE China: Central Territory, CH China, CY Cyprus, ES Russia: East Siberia, FE Russia: Far East, HP India: Material and methods Himachal Pradesh, IN Iran, IQ Iraq, IS Israel, JA The samples were collected by means of a sieve, Japan, JO Jordan, KA India: Kashmir, KI Kyrgyzstan, ladle, and net with 1 mm pores from shallow areas of KU Kuwait, KZ Kazakhstan, LE Lebanon, MG various springs, streams, brackish water, and ponds Mongolia, NP Nepal, NE China: Northeast Territory, in the Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu and NC North Korea, NO China: Northern Territory, NW Trabzon provinces between May 2007 and October China: Northwest Territory, OM Oman, PA Pakistan, 2007. The beetles were killed using ethyl acetate or QA Qatar (incl. United Arab Emirates), RU Russia, 70% alcohol solution. Aedeagophores were dissected SA Saudi Arabia, SC South Korea, SD India: Sikkim, out under a stereo microscope and exposed in 10% Darjeeling District, SE China: Southeastern Territory KOH solution for 1-2 h. Materials have been (incl. Macao, Hongkong), SI Egypt: Sinai, SW China: deposited in the Zoological Museum, Atatürk Southwestern Territory, SY Syria, TD Tajikistan, TM University, Erzurum, Turkey. A list of localities from Turkmenistan, TR Turkey, UP India: Uttaranchal, provinces of the Black Sea Region is given in Table 1. Uttar Pradesh, UZ Uzbekistan, WP China: Western The localities are numbered with the full locality data Plateau, WS, Russia: west Siberia, YE Yemen (incl. provided. A locality number and date are mentioned Socotra). for each record. A list of all species recorded from the World zoogeographical region Black Sea Region is given in Table 2. AFR Afrotropical Region, AUR Australian Region, NAR Nearctic Region, NTR Neotropical Region, Countries have been coded as follows after Löbl ORR Oriental Region. and Smetana (2004). E-Europe AB Azerbaijan, AL Albania, AN Results Andorra, AR Armenia, AU Austria, AZ Azores, BE Belgium, BH Bosnia Herzegovina, BU Bulgaria, BY Family: Helophoridae Leach, 1815 Belarus, CR Croatia, CT Russia: Central European Genus: Helophorus Fabricius, 1775 Territory, CZ Czech Republic, DE Denmark, EN Subgenus: Helophorus Fabricius, 1775 510 A. MART, Ü. İNCEKARA, H. KARACA Table 1. List of sampling sites. Province Sampling site Coordinates Altitude (m) Abbreviation Akbulut village 40°24′56″N 40°14′48″E 1534 B1 Akduran village 40°06′56″N 40°29′54″E 2192 B2 Aşağıçimagıl village 40°06′58″N 40°36′20″E 1973 B3 Balkaynak village 40°20′47″N 39°57′20″E 1617 B4 Başçimagıl village 40°06′ 51″N40°32′57″E 2028 B5 Başpınar village 40°26′09″N 40°03′29″E 1639 B6 Çiğdemlik village 40°27′02″N 40°15′57″E 1610 B7 Danişment village 40°14′38″N 40°09′54″E 1640 B8 Değirmencik village 40°21′43″N 40°15′18″E 1489 B9 Göloba village 40°29′58″N 40°19′33″E 2267 B10 Kavlatan village 40°32′16″N 40°11′05″E 2163 B11 Kılıçkaya village 40°29′47″N 40°15′23″E 1899 B12 BAYBURT Kop pass 40°02′12″N 40°30′43″E 2409 B13 Kopuz village 40°08′36″N 40°13′33″E 1746 B14 Mutlu village 40°14′13″N 40°08′53″E 1635 B15 Oruçbeyli village 40°13′57″N 40°02′48″E 1651 B16 Sakızlı pond 40°09′26″N 40°03′38″E 1735 B17 Samarova plateau 40°28′38″N 39°59′08″E 1963 B18 Sancaktepe village 40°09′28″N 40°06′21″E 1743 B19 Sarıçiçek plateau 40°30′01″N 40°25′36″E 2561 B20 Soğanlı mount 40°30′17″N 40°15′04″E 2096 B21 Tahtköy village 40°16′15″N 40°26′14″E 1980 B22 Üzengili village 40°29′39″N 40°23′50″E 2177 B23 Yukarıkışlak village 40°06′31″N 40°08′53″E 1802 B24 Alucra 40°19′59″N 38°44′26″E 1518 G1 Bektaş plateau 40°38′46″N 38°14′29″E 2063 G2 Berçin plateau 40°41′04″N 38°01′47″E 1680 G3 Çağlayan village 40°51′16″N 39°09′18″E 1744 G4 Çalı plateau 40°39′39″N 38°51′44″E 1802 G5 Çamlı village 40°39′58″N 38°26′22″E 773 G6 Dereli 40°44′35″N 38°26′57″E 261 G7 Doğankent village 40°49′06″N 38°54′47″E 170 G8 Düzköy village 40°52′06″N 39°08′41″E 1901 G9 Ekecek village 40°17′30″N 38°22′34″E 1362 G10 Elmalı village 40°46′52″N 38°07′54″E 310 G11 Hacıosman village 40°15′53″N 38°54′43″E 1700 G12 Haçbeli village 40°40′17″N 38°01′33″E 1655 G13 GİRESUN Kaynar village 40°05′27″N 38°47′11″E 1111 G14 Kovanlık village 40°44′54″N 38°05′43″E 1300 G15 Kulakkaya plateau 40°41′56″N 38°20′21″E 1629 G16 Kuşköy village 40°52′08″N 36°03′35″E 373 G17 Küçük Ahmet village 40°42′46″N 38°27′58″E 1333 G18 Kümbet plateau 40°33′30″N 38°23′09″E 1450 G19 Masat plateau 40°42′03″N 38°02′58″E 1701 G20 Saplıca village 40°23′29″N 38°25′53″E 1452 G21 Sis mountain 40°51′22″N 39°09′02″E 1775 G22 Tepeköy village 40°18′53″N 38°41′00″E 1476 G23 Turpcu village 40°20′37″N 38°33′59″E 1414 G24 Yavuz Kemal 40°38′05″N 38°18′57″E 1181 G25 Yaylacık village 40°40′42″N 38°26′43″E 339 G26 Yuva village 40°36′25″N 38°16′51″E 1359 G27 Yüce village 40°37′53″N 38°27′13″E 848 G28 511 Faunistic study of the aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) in the Bayburt, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, and Trabzon provinces of Turkey Table 1.