%0 Journal Article
%T Two new species and new records of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini from Turkey and Cyprus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
%A Keskin Bekir
%A Nabozhenko Maxim
%A Papadopoulou Anna
%J -
%D 2020
%R 10.37520/aemnp.2020.25
%X Two new species of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) are described from Turkey: //Nalassus// (//Nalassus//) //becvari// sp. nov. (Elaz£¿£¿ Province) and //Hedyphanes// (//Hedyphanes//) //kmenti// sp. nov. (Artvin Province). The first species is characterized by strongly thickened antennomeres 2¨C8 and differs from all Turkish //Nalassus// s. str. Mulsant, 1854 in the ventral aspect of eye, which bears a weak posterior ventral impression (rather than a distinct groove of other species). The second species belongs to the species group with asperate punctation of the prothoracic hypomera and differs from all //Hedyphanes// Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 in the presence of suberect pubescence on both sides of elytral base. Distribution of some Helopini (the //Helops// genus-group, subtribe Helopina) from Anatolia and Cyprus is updated with new data. //Hedyphanes mannerheimi// Faldermann, 1837 is recorded for Turkey (I£¿d£¿r Province) for the first time. //Helops caeruleus caeruleus //Linnaeus, 1758 from Pervolia is a new record for Cyprus and the occurrence is probably a result of anthropogenic introduction
%K Coleoptera
%K Tenebrionidae
%K Helopini
%K new species
%K new records
%K taxonomy
%K anthropogenic introduction
%K distribution
%K Cyprus
%K Turkey
%K Palaearctic Region
%U https://www.aemnp.eu/acta-entomologica/60-2/1850/two-new-species-and-new-records-of-darkling-beetles-of-the-tribe-helopini-from-turkey-and-cyprus-coleoptera-tenebrionidae.html