Water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) provinces of Central Black Sea Region of Turkey

Abstract

In this study, we recorded the occurrence of 28 species and one subspecies of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) belonging to 12 genera ( Paracymus, Anacaena , Berosus , Chaetarthria , Enochrus , Helochares, Hydrobius, Hydrochara, Laccobius, Coelostoma, Cercyon and Cryptopleurum ) based on the inventories conducted between 2007-2008. Of these, Anacaena rufipes, Anacaena lutescens, Cercyon ustulatus, Cryptopleurum crenatum, Enochrus bicolor, Enochrus fuscipennis, Enochrus quadripunctatus , Enochrus melanocephalus , Helochares obscurus, Hydrobius fuscipes, Hydrochara dichroma, Laccobius halophilus, Paracymus aeneus, Paracymus chalceolus and Paracymus scutellaris were new record for the Hydrophilidae fauna of Black Sea region .