Saproxylic beetles on oaks in a wooded pasture in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and contributions to Turkish entomofauna

This research was conducted to investigate the saproxylic Coleoptera fauna found in oak trees of different ages Mersin/Gülnar Eastern Mediterranean Region 2017. Fourty-five window traps were used sample beetles on trees. Traps checked five times, once a month, from June October. In total, 13 217 individuals order collected and 242 beetle species belonging 44 families found. material, 33 identified as new records for Turkish fauna. Most Buprestidae (24 species), Anobiidae (23 species) Tenebrionidae (18 families. The highest numbers Dermestidae (2 354), Elateridae 325) Curculionidae (1 531) number Xyleborus dryographus (Ratzeburg, 1837) (Curculionidae) Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) parvulus Platia & Gudenzi, 2000 (Elateridae) with 1 109 each. Three found; namely Protaetia (Eupotosia) mirifica (Mulsant, 1842), Chromovalgus peyroni 1852) (Cetonidae) Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Euchiridae), which appear IUCN European red list Vulnerable (VU).