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.