Ablattaria arenaria (Kraatz, 1876)

(Figs 8, 35)

Material examined. Turkey: Ankara: 1 spec., Çankaya, Dikmen valley, 39°52'57.57"N / 32°50'38.12"E, 1000 m, 25.IV.2012, Ü. Şahin leg. (MAZMGU) ; Adana: 1 male, delta of Ceyhan River, Deveciuşağı, ca. 36°46'N / 035°38'E, 18.–21.IV.1998, Z. Martinová leg. (ZSVC) ; 1 male, 1 female, delta of Ceyhan River, Karataş, ca. 36°40'N / 035°16'E, 24.–29.IV.1998, Z. Martinová leg. (ZSVC) ; Balıkesir: 1 male, Bandırma env., Erdek, 40.4196°N / 027.8272°E, 80–130 m, 21.–30.IV.2011, S. Murzin leg. (JRUC) ; Eskişehir: 1 spec., Tepebaşı, road between Alpagut-Avlamış villages, 39°59'7.69"N / 30°28'39.28"E, 810 m, 16.VI.2012 (MAZMGU) ; Gaziantep: 1 male, Kömürler, ca. 37°10'N / 036°49'E, 2.V.1995, P. Sekerka leg. (ZSVC) ; Hatay: 1 female, Uluçınar, ca. 36°24'N / 035°54'E, 24.V.1993, R. Škoda leg. (SMLC) ; 2 females, Antakya kalesi, ca. 36°12'N / 036°11'E, 1.V.1994, J. Sladký leg. (MTRC) ; Isparta: 2 males, Eğirdir env., Akpınar, 37.849°N / 030.842°E, 1200 m, 26.IV.–11.V.2012, S. Murzin leg. (JRUC) ; Şanlıurfa: 1 male, Birecik, ca. 37°02'N 037°59'E, 24.–26.IV.1997, T. Růžička leg. (MTRC) ; Siirt: 1 spec., Kurtalan, east of Kılıçlı village, 38°0'55.85"N / 41°46'33.82"E, 543 m, 22.III.2015, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU) ; Siirt, Campus of Siirt University, 37°58'42"N / 41°50'45"E, 587 m, 10.III.2016, D. Çiftçi leg. (MAZMGU).

Distribution in Turkey. Denizli, Antalya, Nevşehir, Balıkesir, Mersin, Adana, Hatay, Bilecik, Bolu, Burdur, Adana, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Urfa (Háva et al. 1998); Kocaeli, Niğde, Mersin (Açar 2008); Bursa, Sakarya, Balıkesir, Bilecik, İzmir, Denizli, Isparta, Antalya, Ankara, Konya, Mersin, Nevşehir, Yozgat, Amasya, Samsun, Tokat, Adana, Mersin, Hatay, Şanlıurfa, Mardin, Artvin (Qubaiová et al. 2015); Adana (Şekeroğlu and Çölkesen 1989).

Remarks. Species known from Crete, Rhodos and Cyprus to Israel, Jordan and south-west of Iran (Qubaiová et al. 2015; Růžička 2015). In Turkey, widely distributed, but without known records in the Eastern Anatolia Region (Fig. 35). Here we report the first records from Eskişehir and Siirt Provinces.