Eustenomacidius egeuniversitatis sp.n.the first record of the tenebrionid genus in Turkey (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Abstract

The new speciesEustenomacidius( Caucasohelops )egeuniversitatissp. n. is described from Southeastern Anatolia (VanProvince). The species differs from two other representatives of the subgenusCaucasonotusNabozhenko, 2006 by the absence of templegrooves (lower aspect of eye having a posterior ventral groove) and shiny body without microsculpture. It is the first record of the genusin Turkey. Data on bionomics and a key to species of the subgenusCaucasonotusare given. Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I ( cox1 )barcoding regions of type specimens were also sequenced and uploaded to GenBank.