Ovosoma Motschulsky, 1860

Ekiz, Ali Nafiz, Şen, İsmail, Aslan, Ebru Gül & Gök, Ali, 2013, Checklist of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Turkey, excluding Bruchinae, Journal of Natural History 47 (33 - 34), pp. 2213-2287 : 2236-2237

Subgenus Ovosoma Motschulsky, 1860

Ch. orientalis (Olivier 1807) : TR-A: ADA, AFY, AMA, ANK, AYD, BIL, BOL, BRS, DIY, ELA, ESK, EZU, HAT, ISP, IST, IZM, KAH, KAS, KAY, KON, KRB, KSH, KUT, MER, NEV, NIG, ORD, OSM, SAM, SII, SIN, SIV, TOK, VAN, YOZ, ZON – TR-E: IST ( Sahlberg 1913; Medvedev 1970; Dahlgren 1984; Kasap 1988a; Campobasso et al. 1999; Bienkowski 2001; Aslan, Gruev et al. 2003; Warchałowski 2003; Gruev 2005a; Atay and Çam 2006; Özdikmen and Aslan 2009; Özdikmen 2011)

Note: According to Kippenberg (2010b), this species is represented by three subspecies in Turkey: The nominate form, Ch. orientalis halysa Bechyné, 1950 and Ch. orientalis sahlbergi (Ménétriés 1832). Besides, Warchałowski (2003) and Özdikmen (2011) stated the existence of Ch. orientalis thraeissa Bechyné, 1950 in southern Turkey. It was not possible to give infraspecific distributions separately.

Ch. turca ( Fairmaire 1865) : TR-A: BRS, IST – TR-E: IST ( Fairmaire 1865; Bienkowski 2001; Aslan, Gruev et al. 2003; Warchałowski 2003; Gruev 2004, 2005a)

Ch. vernalis (Brullé 1832) : TR-A: AGR, ART, CAN, DEN, ISP, IST, IZM, TEK, TOK – TR-E: IST ( Sahlberg 1913; Gül-Zümreoğlu 1972; Dahlgren 1984; Aslan and Özbek 1999; Bienkowski 2001; Aslan, Gruev et al. 2003; Warchałowski 2003; Gruev 2004, 2005a; Atay and Çam 2006)

Note: This species is only represented by subspecies Ch. vernalis ottomana ( Weise 1906) in Turkey.

∗ Ch. wittmeri Medvedev, 1975 : TR-A: GUM, TRA ( Medvedev 1975; Gruev 1976; Bienkowski 2001; Aslan, Gruev et al. 2003; Warchałowski 2003) [= Ch. guichardi Gruev 1976 ]