Çevresinin Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Elateridae, Cleridae, Cerambycidae ve Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) Faunası Üzerine Çalışmalar.

This study was conducted between April and November for two years in 2017-2018, by sifting plant debris (Reitter method) in order to identify the beetle fauna (Coleoptera) living on the ground in the old oak and beech forests around Balıkesir Province in Çataldağ. As a result of the study, a total of 35 species belonging to 27 genera were determined among 460 individuals belonging to Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Elateridae, Cleridae, Cerambycidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) families. 23 of these species are the first records for the local fauna of Balıkesir. Among these species, Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758), A. acuminatus (Stephens, 1830), Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792), A. haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1801), Calais parreysii (Steven, 1829), Cardiophorus nigerrimus Erichson, 1840, Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779), Pittonotus theseus (Germar, 1817) (Elateridae), Clerus mutillarius Fabricius, 1775 (Cleridae), Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758, C. welensii (Kuster, 1846), Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758 ), Spondylis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cerambycidae) are saproxylic species. Also, 8 species of Elateridae and Cerambycidae families are included in the Mediterranean Basin and European IUCN Red Lists