© by PSP Volume 24 – No 5b. 2015 Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 1932 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSECT FAUNA OF BURDUR PROVINCE (TURKEY) IN TERMS OF HYDROPHILIDAE, HELOPHORIDAE AND CHRYSOMELIDAE (COLEOPTERA) WITH CHOROTYPE ANALYSES Baran Aslan 1 ,*, Ayçin Yılmaz 2 , Fatma Bayram 2 and Ebru G. Aslan 2 1 Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Tefenni Vocational School of Higher Education, Medical and Aromatic Plants Department, 15600, Tefenni, Burdur, Turkey 2 Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Biology Department, 32260, Isparta, Turkey ABSTRACT Based on investigations conducted in 2012 and 2013, a total of 64 species belonging to the families Chrysomeli- dae, Hydrophilidae, and Helophoridae (Coleoptera) were recorded from Burdur province located in the southern part of Turkey. Among the species 46 are (about 72% of whole collected taxa) firstly reported from the study region. A chorotype classification is presented for all species. Data regarding material examined of each species are also given together with a “remarks” section for some of them, refer- ring more additional information. KEYWORDS: Chrysomelidae, Hydrophilidae, Helophoridae, chorotype, fauna, Turkey 1. INTRODUCTION Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles, is a highly diverse group of phytophagous insects comprising about 40.000 described species in all zoogeographical regions of the world [1-3]. In Turkey there are at least 800 leaf beetle spe- cies (excluding Bruchinae) as provided with some recent systematic studies [4, 5]. The Alticini, or flea beetles, con- stitutes the largest leaf beetle tribe [6] and based on the re- cent publications mentioned above, is now represented with 343 species in Turkey [7]. Hydrophilidae, water scavenger beetles, represents the largest group of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea including about 172 genera and 2900 species in all over the world [8- 10]. Only two subfamilies; Hydrophilinae and Sphaeridiinae inhabit in the Palearctic region. Hitherto; 19 genera, 95 spe- * Corresponding author cies and 4 subspecies of hydrophilids within two subfami- lies have been recorded from Turkey [11]. Helophoridae is another important family of Hydroph- iloidea classified into a single genus, Helophorus Fab- ricius, 1775. The genus includes about 200 species all over the world and the generality of species (more than 150 spe- cies) occur in the Palearctic region. Turkish Helophoridae fauna involves 48 species and 2 subspecies [11]. The aim of the present study is to add new contribu- tions to the insect fauna knowledge of Burdur province which is actually poorly known, especially in terms of aquatic beetles. 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS 2.1 Study site The study is based on Chrysomelidae, Hydrophilidae and Helophoridae material gathered during 2012 and 2013 from various habitats in Burdur and adjacent areas. Burdur has an average altitude of 1025 m and is situated in the western Mediterranean region of Turkey, and in the central part of the “Lakes Region” (Figure 1). Burdur is one of the most important wetland areas of Turkey because it includes a series of lakes of different sizes. In addition to the terres- trial habitats, the region presents opportunities because of having many water sources including lakes, shallow and stagnant waters, slow running waters and moist habitats near water sources. 2.2 Sampling method Samplings were performed monthly from May to Sep- tember in both study years. Totally, 10 samplings (five in 2012, and five in 2013) were conducted in 11 different lo- calities (including Burdur and its districts) presenting vari- ous aquatic and terrestrial habitats between the altitudes ranging from 722-1332 m a.s.l.