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ANNALS OF AGRARIAN SCIENCE, vol. 13, no. 1, 2015 ИЗВЕСТИЯ АГРАРНОЙ НАУКИ, Том 13, Ном. 1, 2015 FORESTRY ЛЕСОВОДСТВО NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCARABAEIDAE (INSECTA: COLEOPTERA) FAUNA OF THE ARTVIN PROVINCE IN TURKEY Temel Gokturk, Ahmet Mihli Artvin Coruh University Seyitler Yerleskesi, Merkez, Artvin, 08000, Turkey; temel.gokturk@gmail.com; ahmetmihli@yahoo.com Received: 15.12.14; accepted: 22.01.15 This study is based on Scarabaeidae species collected from Artvin during the years of 2008-2013. The beetles were collected directly by forceps from fresh dung and then transferred into the small plastic container and subsequently into the laboratory for species identification as well as infectivity to the helminthes. Insect net and light trap were used in collecting insects. The specimens were killed by using killing jar and pinned according to taxonomic rules and regulations. The samples were processed with standard methods and added to the collection. Totally, 35 species of Scarabaeidae are firstly recorded in the research area and also 11 of them are new for Artvin Province of Eastern Black Sea Region part of Turkey. For each species, the Worldwide and Turkey distributions are given. This is the first study of Scarabaeidae species occuring in Artvin. Cetonia aeruginosa, Protaetia (Netocia) ungarica anatolia, Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator, Euheptaulacus sus, Melolontha melolontha, Anoxia orientalis, Amphimallon solstitiale, Palaeonthophagus fracticornis, Palaeonthophagus similis, Sisyphus schaefferi, Oryctes nasicornis were new records for Artvin Province and its surroundings. Among those, the most abundant species are the members of Scarabaeidae with 98 specimens (28 %) of four species. Including the recorded species, the main four species were with the following numbers as percentage of the total catch: Cetonia aurata (% 9.8), Colobopterus erraticus (% 7.2), Emoniticellus fulvus (6.9) and Colobopterus brignoli (% 5.7). The most abundant species is Cetonia aurata with 29 specimens and this species was found in Artvin. In this study, the most less with 1-2 species are found Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator, Palaeonthophagus gibbulus, Palaeonthophagus similis, Sisyphus schaefferi and Oryctes nasicornis. It is expected that the number of scarab species will increase significantly by the future investigations of Turkey Scarabaeidae fauna. INTRODUCTION The superfamily Scarabaeoidea comprises worldwide more than 35.000 species [1]. Scarab beetles under superfamily Scarabaeoidea, comprise a species rich group and a conspicuous component of the beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the World. The family Scarabaeidae includes about 91% of all Scarabaeoids and includes about 27,800 species belong to 2,000 genus worldwide [2]. Currently the superfamily Scarabaeoidea is divided into 12 families, 43 subfamilies, 118 tribes and 94 subtribes. The scarab beetles of the order Coleopteran include both useful as well as harmful insects. Within the Scarabaeidae, the Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae include approximately 6,850 species worldwide (about 22% of scarabaeoids and 25% of Scarabaeidae) [3]. In Europe, both species richness and endemism of Scarabaeidae are concentrated around the Mediterranean basin [4,5] and one may expect that climate warming could induce a global northward shift of the distribution of most of these species. Nevertheless, during the twentieth century, a significant rarefaction of Scarabaeidae was observed in Europe [6,7]. This worrying trend should be attributed to the drastic changes observed in land use and farm practices. Scarab beetles comprise a species group and are a conspicuous component of the beetle fauna of the world. Adults of these beetles are noticeable due to their relatively large size, bright colors, often elaborate ornamentation, and interesting life histories. If we analyze the lifecycle we can observe that they feed in many different ways as on live plant matter, plant roots or rotting wood, manure, carrion, fungi, plants, pollen, fruit, compost [8]. Some species are being used in various countries for the biological control of important parasites of livestock because they decrease the availability of sites for reproduction of those parasitic organisms. The effectiveness of these insects in removing organic matter makes them essential components in maintaining and regulating of terrestrial ecosystems in which they live [9]. Scarab beetles have diversified into most habitats, and they are fungivores, herbivores, necrophages, coprophages, saprophages, and carnivores. Even though they are prominent members of the entomo 71 This study is based on Scarabaeidae specimens from Artvin province between 2008-2013. We use pitfall traps, aspirator, hand, net, and forceps. Pitfall traps consisted of 200 ml cups buried in the soil in such a way that the lip of the trap fits with ground level. They were half filled with ethylene glycol and water mixture at 1:1 ratio. The beetles were collected and the traps were cleared in two weeks intervals from the beginning of April to the end of October in 2008 and 2013.The samples were killed with 70% ethyl alcohol. The beetles were collected directly by forceps from fresh dung and then transferred into the small plastic container and subsequently into the laboratory for species identification as well as infectivity to the helminthes. Insect samples were collected during May- October 20082013. Insect net and light trap were used in collecting insects. The specimens were killed by using killing jar and pinned according to taxonomic rules and regulations. The samples were processed with standard methods and added to the collection. Lodos [11] resources were used for determination of insects. Several morphological characteristics such as antennal segmentation, head shape, horn, ventral sclerites of the abdomen, elytra, claws of tarsi, body shape, middle and posterior tibiae, mesotibia, pygidium, were used for species identification [20, 21]. Identification, classification and distribution of Scarabaeidae suggested by Lobl and Smetana [10] Lodos et al. [11], Dellacasa and Kirgiz [14], Rozner and Rozner [15], Borror et al. [20], Booth et al. [21], Baraud [22], Dellacasa et al. [23], Kabakov [24], Senyuz and Sahin [25], Senyuz [26] have been followed in this study.The specimens are deposited in the Department of Forest Entomology and Protection, Faculty of Forestry, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin-Turkey. fauna, they are still poorly known taxonomically. In Turkey, 522 Scarabaeoidea species in 86 genus and 141 species Scarabeidae in 44 genus are represented [2,10]. Taxonomic and ecological studies about Scarabaeidae species of Turkey are considerably insufficient besides there has been no research about Scarabaeidae species of the Artvin until now. Some important studies on the Scarabaeidae of study area have been established by Lodos et al. [11], Carpaneto [12], Ziani and Sama [13], Dellacasa and Kirgiz [14], Rozner and Rozner [15]. The main aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge of the Scarabaeidae Fauna of Artvin Province in Turkey. This is the first checklist devoted exclusively to the all the scarab beetles of Artvin. OBJECTIVES AND METHOD Turkey, the central of Asia, Europe and Africa continents, is located between 26° and 45° East Meridians according to Greenwich, between 36° and 42° North parallel according to Equator. Some parts of the country belong to Asia continent (Anatolia Peninsula), and the other belongs to Europe continent (Trakya Region). Also, the country is related to Africa continent according to these features, Turkey has three different bio-geographical regions, called as EuroSiberian, Mediterranean and Iran-Turan. So, the country is a small continent according to its biodiversity [16]. Artvin is located in the northeastern side of the Anatolia, bordering with Georgia to the North. Artvin includes Camili Biosphere Reserve, known as the first biosphere site of Turkey, is one of the 507 sites in 102 countries worldwide. Artvin has one of the cradles of much younger postglacial forests of Central Europe and one of the few well-known refuges for tertiary flora in the Colchic region. Deciduous temperate forests are in uninterrupted existence in this region since “tertiary”. The largest natural forest ecosystems of Europe and Mid-Asia are found in this region. The main ecosystem types are boreal coniferous forest and temperate deciduous forest [17, 18]. The study area is not only located within the Caucasus Hotspot, one of the 25 World Biodiversity Hotpots identified by the Conservation International, but also within the Caucasus-Anatolian-Hyrcanian Temperate Forests classified as one of the 200 Global Ecoregions [17]. Moreover, it lies within the North-eastern Anatolia Centre of Plant Diversity (SWA No.19) and covers the Karcal Mountains, Yalnizcam Mountains, Coruh Valley and East Black Sea Mountains. The dendroflora of the Artvin district is represented by 171 taxa, 119 species, 33 subspecies, and 19 varieties belonging to 81genera and 42 families. Gymnosperms and Angiosperms comprised 8 and 163 taxa, respectively. Pseudomacchie, forest, alpine, subalpine, rocky, and hydrophytic are the main vegetation types in Artvin. Forest vegetation is the most widespread in the study area [19]. RESULT AND ANALYSIS Totally, 35 species of Scarabaeidae are recorded from the study area between April-October 2008-2013. Species list, Turkey and World distribution are given below; Family SCARABAEIDAE Latreille. 1802 Subfamily: Cetoniinae Leach. 1815 Tribe : Cetoniini Leach. 1815 Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1761) Material examined: 17.V.2008, 29 specimens; 11.VI.2008, 5 specimens; 19.VI.2009, 5 specimens; 29.VI.2010, 7 specimens; 04.VII.2011, 1 specimen; 08.VI.2013, 6 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Artvin, Bartin, Bolu, Gaziantep, Karaman, Kutahya, Mugla, Sinop [25,26,27]. Records of World: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Channel Is., Corsica, Croatia, Cyclades Is., Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kaliningrad region, 72 Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia: Central European Territory, Russia: North European Territory, Russia: South European Territory, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Asia: Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia: East Siberia, Russia: West Siberia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang [10]. Cetonia aeruginosa (Linneaeus, 1758) Material examined: 22.VI.2008, 3 specimens; 17.V.2009, 3 specimens; 30.VI.2010, 2 specimens; 11.VI.2012, 2 specimens; 13.VI.2014, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adiyaman [28]. Records of World: Europe, Asia, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia [29]. Oxythyrea funesta (Poda, 1761) Material examined: 13.VI.2010, 3 specimens; 17.VII.20012, 2 specimens; 19.VI.20014, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Artvin, Burdur, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmit, Kars, Kayseri, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sivas, Tokat, Tunceli, Van, Yozgat [30]. Records of World: Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia. Asia: Iran, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan [10]. Protaetia (Netocia) ungarica armeniaca (Menetries, 1832) Material examined: 10.VI.2009, 3 specimens; 25.V.20012, 5 specimens; 11.VI.20012, 4 specimens; 09.VI.2013, 2 specimens; 19.VI.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Aksaray, Amasya, Ankara, Artvin, Burdur, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmit, Kars, Kayseri, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Mus, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sivas, Tokat, Tunceli, Van, Yozgat [30]. Records of World: Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia. Asia: Iran, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan [10]. Protaetia (Netocia) ungarica anatolia (Medvedev, 1947) Material examined: 10.VI.2009, 2 specimens; 25.V.20012, 1 specimen; 11.VI.20012, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Amasya, Ankara, Bolu, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Eskisehir, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Konya, Kutahya, Nevsehir, Trabzon, Yozgat [30]. Records of World: Europe: Azerbaijan, Turkey. Asia: Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey [10]. Subfamily: Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 Tribe: Aphodiini Leach, 1815 Acrossus depressus (Kugelann, 1792) Material examined: 26.VI.2010, 3 specimens; 21.VII.2012, 4 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Artvin, Corum, Ordu, Sakarya [11,15,31]. Records of World: Europe: Serbia, Spain. Asia [15,32]. Acrossus luridus (Fabricius, 1775) Material examined: 01.VII.2009, 3 specimens; 19.VII.2011, 2 specimens; 17.VII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bartin, Bitlis, Bolu, Burdur, Corum, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Gumushane, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Kars, Kutahya, Manisa, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Siirt, Sivas, Tarsus [11,15,25,31,33]. Records of World: Palearctic species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Irland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia: Northern European Territory, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, North Africa: Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: China, Cyprus, Russia: East Siberia, Russia: Far East, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Russia: West Siberia [10,15]. Amidorus cribrarius (Brulle, 1836) Material examined: 12.VII.2008, 2 specimens; 18.VII.2011; 5 specimens; 19.VIL2012, 3 specimens; 21.VII.2012, 11 specimens; 15.VII.20130, 5 specimens. Records of Turkey: Artvin, Erzincan, Erzurum, Giresun, Mersin, Rize, Samsun, Sivas, Tarsus, Trabzon [11,15,31]. Records of World: Pontomediterranean species. Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Turkey, Bulgaria [15]. Amidorus obscurus (Fabricius, 1792) Material examined: 19.VII.2009, 2 specimens;14.VII.2011, 3 specimens; 24.VII.20110, 3 specimens; 15.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Artvin, Bartin, Erzincan, Erzurum, Kastamonu, Osmaniye, Mersin, Rize, Samsun, Trabzon [11,15,31]. Records of World: Europe: Serbia, Anatolia [15,32]. Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 13.VII.2008, 1 specimen; 09.VII.2010, 2 specimens; 13.VII.2011, 3 specimens; 11.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 19.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 09.VII.2013, 2 specimens; 25.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Edirne Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Samsun, Zonguldak [11,14,15,25,31,33]. Records of World: Palearctic species. Europe: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Irland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia: Northern European Territory, Poland, Portugal, 73 Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Madeira Island, Tunisia. Asia: Cyprus, Russia: East Siberia, Russia: Far East, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kashmir, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Australian Region, Neoarctic Region, Neotropical Region, Oriental Region. North America: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswich, Nova Scotia, Labrador, Newfoundland [10,15]. Colobopterus brignolii (Carpenato, 1973) Material examined: 23.VII.2011, 2 specimens; 09.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 17.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 19.VII.2013, 4 specimens; 30.VII.2013, 6 specimens. Records of Turkey: Artvin, Giresun, Rize, Samsun, Trabzon [31]. Records of World: Caucasian species [15]. Colobopterus erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 13.VII.2009, 3 specimens; 09.VII.2010, 5 specimens; 15.VII.2010, 3 specimens; , 22.VII.2011, 8 specimens; 18.VII.2012, 3 specimens; 21.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 23.VII.2013, 5 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bolu, Burdur, Corum, Edirne, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Istanbul, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karaman, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Konya, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Tekirdag, Tokat, Trabzon, Zonguldak [11,14,15,25,31,33]. Records of World: Palearctic species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britian, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Irland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Russia: Northern European Territory, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: Afghanistan, China, Cyprus, Russia: East Siberia, Russia: Far East, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Tibet, Neoarctic Region, Oriental Region [10,15]. Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator (Herbst, 1789) Material examined: 17.VII.2014, 1 specimen. Records of Turkey: Edirne, Giresun, Kirklareli, Kutahya, Rize [14,15,25,31]. Records of World: Iran, Central and South Europe [15,34]. Euheptaulacus sus (Herbst, 1783) Material examined:22.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 05.VII.2014, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Ankara, Cankiri, Corum, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Nigde [11,15]. Records of World: Central Europe and Surrounding North and South Europe, Caucasus, Asia minor, Iran, Transcaspia [29]. . Eupleurus subterraneus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758). Material examined: 12.VII.2010, 3 specimens; 24.VII.2013, 4 specimens. Records of Turkey: Afyon, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bolu, Burdur, Corum, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Kahramanmaras, Karaman, Kirsehir, Kutahya, Mersin, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Sakarya, Sivas, Usak [11,15,25,31]. Records of World: Holarctic species. Europe: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Russia: Northern European Territory, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Morocco. Asia: Russia: East Siberia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Tibet, Neoarctic Region [10,15]. Otophorus haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 14.VII.2009, 3 specimens; 19.VII.2010, 3 specimens; 16.VII.2011, 4 specimens;, 16.VII.2012, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey:Amasya, Artvin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bolu, Corum, Edirne, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kutahya, Mersin, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Tekirdag, Zonguldak [11,15,31]. Records of World: Palearctic species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia: Northern European Territory, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Morocco. Asia: East Siberia, Far East, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Neoarctic Region, Neotropical Region [10,15]. Teuchestes fossor (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 12.VII.2011, 5 specimens; 21.VII.2012, 3 specimens; 10.VII.2013, 2 specimens; 25.VII.2013, 4 specimens. Records of Turkey: Artvin, Balikesir, Giresun, Rize, Trabzon [15,31]. Records of World: Holarctic species. Serbia [15,32]. Subfamily: Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819 Tribe: Melolonthini Samouelle, 1819 74 Polyphylla fullo fullo (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 16.VII.2011, 3 specimens; 19.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 21.VII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Artvin, Balikesir, Bartin, Cankiri, Izmir, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kutahya, Mugla, Ordu, Tekirdag, Zonguldak [11,26,31]. Records of World: Serbia [32]. Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 23.VII.2008, 2 specimens; 30.VI.2012, 1 specimen; 17.VIII.2012, 2 specimens; 12.VIII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Antalya, Bolu, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Istanbul, Izmit, Trabzon [35]. Records of World: Europe, Northern Asia, Mediterranean Basin, United Kingdom [29]. Anoxia orientalis (Krynicky, 1832) Material examined: 17.VII.2009, 2 specimens; 30.VII.2012, 1 specimen. Records of Turkey: Antalya, Bursa, Izmit [35]. Records of World: European-Caucasian species [15]. Tribe: Rhizotrogini Burmeister, 1855 Amphimallon solstitiale (Linneaeus, 1758) Material examined: 15.VI.2008, 4 specimens; 03.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 20.VII.2013, 3 specimens; 06.VIII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Giresun [15]. Records of World: European species. Asia [15]. Subfamily: Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Oniticellini H.J. Kolbe, 1905 Euoniticellus fulvus (Goeze, 1977) Material examined: 14.VII.2009, 3 specimens; 13.VII.2010, 4 specimens; 19.VII.2010, 2 specimens; 13.VII.2011, 3 specimens; 06.VII.2012, 3 specimens; 19.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 09.VII.2013, 4 specimens; 22.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Edirne, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Isparta, Karabuk, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Konya, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Nevsehir, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Tekirdag, Usak, Zonguldak [11,15,31,33]. Records of World: West-Palearctic species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Australian Region [10,15]. Tribe: Onthophagini Burmeister, 1846 Caccobius schreberi (Linnaeus, 1767) Material examined: 09.VII.2009, 2 specimens; 26.VII.2009, 2 specimens; 19.VII.2010, 3 specimens; 15.VII.2011, 2 specimens; 25.VII.2013, 4 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Agri, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Corum, Denizli, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Konya, Manisa, Mersin, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Siirt, Sivas, Usak, Yozgat, Zonguldak [11,15,31,33]. Records of World: European-Turanian species. Europe: Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Russia: South European Territory, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Syria, Turkey [10,15]. Euonthophagus gibbosus (Scriba, 1790) Material examined: 14.VII.2011, 2 specimens; 19.VII.2012, 3 specimens; 22.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Burdur, Bursa, Corum, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Mersin, Nevsehir, Nigde, Osmaniye, Rize, Siirt, Sivas, Tokat [11,15,31,36]. Records of World: Eurasian species. Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Serbia [15,32]. Furconthophagus furcatus (Fabricius, 1781) Material examined: 14.VII.2011, 1 specimen; 16.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Agri, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bolu, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Cankiri, Corum, Denizli, Edirne, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gumushane, Hatay, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirsehir, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Nevsehir, Nigde, Osmaniye, Rize, Samsun, Siirt, Sinop, Sivas, Tarsus, Tokat, Usak, Van, Yozgat, Zonguldak [11,15,31,33,36,37]. Records of World: West-Palearctic species. Serbia [15,32]. Onthophagus illyricus (Scopoli, 1763) Material examined: 14.VII.2009, 2 specimens; 20.VII.2011, 3 specimens; 16.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 23.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 16.VII.2013, 4 specimens; 23.VII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Bartin, Corum, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Hatay, Isparta, Kahramanmaras, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirsehir, Konya, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Samsun, Tokat, Usak, Zonguldak [11,15,31,33,36]. 75 Records of World: European-Anatolian species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Croatia, Russia: Central European Territory, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia: South European Territory, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Asia: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey [10,15]. Onthophagus taurus (Schreiber, 1759) Material examined: 26.VII.2009, 1 specimens; 13.VII.2010, 2 specimens; 27.VII.2010, 1 specimen; 09.VII.2011,2 specimens; 19.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 21.VII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Balikesir, Bartin, Bilecik, Bursa, Corum, Diyarbakir, Edirne, Erzincan, Gaziantep, Giresun, Hatay, Isparta, Istanbul, Kahramanmaras, Karaman, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Kirsehir, Konya, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Nigde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Sivas, Tekirdag, Usak, Zonguldak [11,15,31,33,36,37]. Records of World: Palearctic species. Italy, North Carolina, Western Australia, Serbia [15,32]. Palaeonthophagus (Onthophagus) ceonobita (Herbst, 1783) Material examined: 08.VII.2009, 1 specimen; 27.VII.2012, 4 specimens; 19.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Erzurum, Artvin, Ordu, Rize [15,31]. Records of World: Central and South Europe, Transcaucasia, Asia minor, Transcaspia, Turkestan [29]. Palaeonthophagus fissicornis (Steven, 1809) Material examined: 18.VII.2012, 2 specimens; 30.VII.2013, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Adiyaman, Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Balikesir, Burdur, Bursa, Canakkale, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Edirne, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Kars, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kirsehir Konya, Kutahya, Mersin, Nigde, Osmaniye, Sivas, Tarsus, Tekirdag, Usak [11,15,31,36]. Records of World: East-Mediterranean species. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Russia: South European Territory, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Asia: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey [10,15]. Palaeonthophagus fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790) Material examined: 15.VII.2009, 2 specimens; 20.VII.2011, 2 specimens; 17.VII.2013, 3 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adana, Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Balikesir, Denizli, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Isparta, Kahramanmaras, Kars, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize [11,15,31,33,36]. Records of World: West-Palearctic species. Serbia [15,32]. Palaeonthophagus gibbulus (Pallas, 1781) Material examined:17.VII.2012, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Artvin, Giresun [15,31]. Records of World: Eurasian species. Serbia [15,32]. Palaeonthophagus similis (Scriba, 1790) Material examined: 18.VII.2013, 1 specimen. Records of Turkey: Adana, Antalya, Denizli, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Mersin [15,36]. Records of World: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Poland [15]. Tribe: Sisyphini (Mulsant, 1842) Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined:21.VI.2012, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Adiyaman, Ankara, Antalya, Balikesir, Bilecik, Burdur, Corum, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskisehir, Gumushane, Hatay, Isparta, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Kars, Kirklareli, Kutahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mugla, Osmaniye, Samsun, Sivas, Tekirdag, Usak, Van [11,15,33,37]. Records of World: Europe, Asia, Mongolia, Korea, North Africa [29]. Subfamily: Dynastinae MacLeay, 1819 Tribe: Oryctini (Mulsant, 1842) Oryctes nasicornis (Minck 1914) Material examined: 14.VII.2012, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Corum, Ordu [11,33]. Records of World: Baluchistan, India, Macedonia, South West Asia, South and South East Europe [15,38]. Subfamily: Sericinae (Kirby, 1837) Tribe: Sericini (Hope, 1837) Omaloplia spireae (Pallas, 1776) Material examined: 24.VI.2011, 1 specimen; 14.VII.2012, 2 specimens. Records of Turkey: Ankara, Aksaray, Amasya, Antalya, Artvin, Aydin, Bolu, Bursa, Cankiri, Eskisehir, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gumushane, Isparta, Izmir, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Konya, Malatya, Mersin, Mugla, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sinop, Sivas, Tokat, Trabzon [11,39]. Records of World: Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine [39]. Scarab beetles have is represented by 141 species and 4 subspecies according to 44 genus [10] in Turkey. In this study, a total of 35 species were identified. In total, 347 dung beetles were collected, belonging to 6 subfamily, 9 tribes and 35 species. This is the first study for Artvin Province and its surroundings of Eastern Black Sea Region part of Turkey. Cetonia aeruginosa, Protaetia (Netocia) ungarica anatolia, Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator, Euheptaulacus sus, Melolontha melolontha, Anoxia orientalis, Amphimallon solstitiale, Palaeonthophagus fracticornis, Palaeonthophagus similis, Sisyphus schaefferi, Oryctes nasicornis were new records for Artvin Province and its surroundings. Among those, the most abundant species are the members of Scarabaeidae with 98 specimens (28 %) of four species. Including the recorded species, the main four species were with the following numbers as percentage of the total catch: Cetonia aurata (% 9.8), Colobopterus erraticus (% 7.2), Emoniticellus fulvus (6.9) ans Colobopterus brignoli (% 5.7). 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Образцы были убиты с помощью морилки и удержаны в соответствии с таксономическими нормами и правилами. Всего было выявлено 35 вида Scarabaeidae, из них 11 (Cetonia aeruginosa, Protaetia (Netocia) ungaricaanatolia, Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator, Euheptaulacussus, Melolonthamelolontha, Anoxia orientalis, Amphimallon solstitiale, Palaeonthophagus fracticornis, Palaeonthophagus similis, Sisyphus schaefferi, Oryctes nas icornis) являются новыми для Восточного Черноморского региона Артвинской провинции. В статье предоставлено их распределения по всему миру и в Турции. Это первое в Артвине исследование видов Scarabaeidae. Среди них наиболее распространенными видами являются члены Scarabaeidae с 98 образцов (28%) из четырех видов (Cetonia aurata (% 9,8), Colobopterus erraticus (% 7,2), Emoniticellus fulvus (6.9) and Colobopterus brignoli (% 5,7)). Наиболее распространенным видом является Cetonia aurata с 29 образцами, и этот вид был найден в Артвине. Меньше всех были найдены следующие виды: Coprimorphus (Aphodius) scrutator, Palaeonthopha gusgibbulus, Palaeonthophagussimilis, Sisyphus schaefferi и Oryctesnas icornis. Ожидается, что число видов Scarabaeidae значительно возрастет в результате будущих исследований. 78