Taxonomic and faunistic studies on the species of Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Edirne province, Turkey

In this thesis, as a result of field studies conducted in Edirne province in the Marmara Region between March 2021 and June 2022, totally 18 species in 11 genera belonging to Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) subfamily were recorded. In total, 149 specimens were examined. In conclusion of the study, Lathrobium (s. str.) is proposed as a new species to the science. Astenus thoracicus (Baudi di Selve, 1857), A. procerus (Gravenhorst, 1806), Lobrathium rugipenne (Hochhuth, 1851), Micrillus testaceus (Erichson, 1840), Medon fusculus (Mannerheim, 1830), Paederus littoralis, Gravenhorst, 1802 and, Scopaeus gracilis (Sperk, 1835) from Thrace and Lathrobium fulvipenne Gravenhorst, 1806 from the Marmara Region are reported for the first time. In addition, all 18 species except for Achenium propontiacum Bordoni, 2009 and Scopaeus laevigatus (Gyllenhal, 1827) were recorded for the first time from Edirne province. The recently described species Leptobium thracicum Anlaş & Örgel, 2021 is the endemic to Turkey and was only known from Tekirdağ province. The speciesis recorded for the first time after its descriptions. In addition, ecological and zoogeographical data of the recorded species in the study were also presented.