title: A new species of the Agriotes nuceus species group from Turkey.
abstract: A new Elateridae species, Agriotes longipronotum n. sp. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae: Agriotini), is described from Siirt province, Turkey. Photographs of the imago and the aedeagus, and drawings of the aedeagus of the new species, A. sameki , A. bulgaricus , and A. rahmei are given. A rearranged diagnostic key of all Turkish species of nuceus -group is given. The new species is discussed in relation with closely related species. The species of the Agriotes nuceus -group from Turkey are listed, and their distributions are given.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Section of Applied Biology, 06532 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey. mahmut@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabalak
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sert
authors.forename: İnanç
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Özgen
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Platia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey