Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798

(Figs 17, 45)

Material examined. Turkey: Erzurum: 1 spec., Aşkale, Kükürtlü village, 39°51'21.98"N / 40°35'30.96"E, 1940 m, 25.VI.2011, D. Çiftçi & A. Hasbenli leg. (MAZMGU) ; Bitlis: 1 female; Tatvan env., Nemrut Dağı, Güroymak, ca. 38°36'N 042°02'E, 1600 m, 14.V.2005, K. Orszulik leg. (KORC) ; Kars: 1 male, Susuz env., Doyumlu, 40.8390°N / 033.0321°E, 1400 m, 4.–7.V.2011, S. Murzin leg. (JRUC) .

Distribution in Turkey. Artvin (Háva et al. 1998); İzmir (Tezcan and Háva 2001; Tezcan et al. 2010).

Remarks. A widely distributed European species, also known from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran and Turkey (Růžička 2015). In central Europe, it prefers wet open habitats (Růžička 1994). In Turkey, recorded only from a few scattered records (Fig. 45). Here reported for the first time from Bitlis, Çankırı and Erzurum Provinces.