title: A new species of Elathous Reitter (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey.
abstract: A new click-beetle species, Elathous serti, from Denizli and Isparta provinces of Turkey is described. Photographs of the adults, drawings of the aedeagi, a contrasting comparison table, a key to all Turkish Elathous species, a distribution map, and a table of collecting months and collecting provinces of all Turkish species are provided.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Faculty of Science Department of Biology Section of Applied Biology Beytepe Ankara Turkey; Email: mahmut@hacettepe.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabalak
authors.affiliation: Via Molino Vecchio 21 I-47030 Gatteo (Forli-Cesena) Italia.; Email: pinoplatia-@teletu.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Platia
authors.affiliation: Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Forestry, Isparta, Turkey; Email: mustafaavci@sdu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification*; D014421:Turkey