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The genus enochrus thomson (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Turkey, checklist and new records

Mustafa C. Darılmaz, Suat Kıyak

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A review of the Enochrus species recorded from Turkey is provided. Twelve species of the genus recorded by previous authors are summarized, Enochrus halophilus (Bedel) and Enochrus politus (Kuster) are recorded for the first time to the Turkish fauna and additional some records are provided from the country. Diagnostic characters of some species as well as the photographs of their aedeagophores are provided. Several species known previously from only a few localities in Turkey have been shown to have much wider distributions in the country.

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A review of the Enochrus species recorded from Turkey is provided. Twelve species of the genus recorded by previous authors are summarized, Enochrus halophilus (Bedel) and Enochrus politus (Kuster) are recorded for the first time to the Turkish fauna and additional some records are provided from the country. Diagnostic characters of some species as well as the photographs of their aedeagophores are provided. Several species known previously from only a few localities in Turkey have been shown to have much wider distributions in the country.

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A review of the Enochrus species recorded from Turkey is provided. Twelve species of the genus recorded by previous authors are summarized, Enochrus halophilus (Bedel) and Enochrus politus (Kuster) are recorded for the first time to the Turkish fauna and additional some records are provided from the country. Diagnostic characters of some species as well as the photographs of their aedeagophores are provided. Several species known previously from only a few localities in Turkey have been shown to have much wider distributions in the country.

Key concepts: Hydrophilidae, Checklist, Fauna, Genus, Geography, Zoology, Turkish, Biology

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