Helops rossii Germar, 1817

Nabozhenko, M. V. & Keskin, B., 2017, Taxonomic review of the genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Turkey, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin (Caucas. entomol. bull.) 13 (1), pp. 41-49 : 43-44

Helops rossii Germar, 1817

(Color plate 1: 3, 4; Color plate 2: 15; Figs 24–28 )

Kaszab, 1968: 460; Ferrer, Soldati, 1999: 64.

Material. 3♂, Turkey, Bursa Prov., Cumalıkızık , 23– 25.05.2008, on Quercus cerris (leg. I. V. Shokhin) ( CN) ; 1♀ ( CN) , 5♂, 6♀ ( ZDEU,in ethanol), Turkey, Istanbul Prov., Alem Dağ, near Ömerli , 150–170 m, 41°05′13.6″N / 29°22′10.0″E, 10.04.2014, on Quercus robur (leg. M. V. and S. V. Nabozhenko, B.Keskin) .

Notes. Ferrer and Soldati [1999] listed this species for Yarpuz (Antalya Province). We collected only numerous Helops glabriventris in this place. This record must be supported by additional material.

Distribution. Southern Europe from France to European part of Turkey, North Western Anatolia.

Figures

Figs 24–28. Helops rossii, male genitalia and terminalia. 24 – aedeagus, ventral view;25 – median piece (penis);26 – aedeagus,lateral view;27 – lobe of gastral spicula,lateral view;28 – male inner sternite VIII, dorsally. Рис. 24–28. Helops rossii, генитаΛии и терминаΛии самца. 24 – эΑеагус вентраΛьно; 25 – пенис; 26 – эΑеагус ΛатераΛьно; 27 – Λопасть гастраΛьной спикуΛы, ΛатераΛьно; 28 – VIII внутренний стернит самца, ΑорсаΛьно.