Elateridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Fauna of Farming Terraces In Aspat (Strobilos) Ancient City and Its Terri-torium, Bodrum, Muğla, Western Turkey

This paper provides information about Elateridae fauna of farming terraces in Aspat (Strobilos) ancient city and its territo-rium, Bodrum, Muğla, western Turkey, during the years of 2008-2009. As a result of this study, nine species were identified. Those were Cardiophorus cyannipennis Mulsant Wachanru, 1852, C.discicollis (Herbst, 1806), C.sacratus Erichson, 1840, C.vestigialis Erichson, 1840, Drasterius bimaculatus (Rossi, 1790), Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779), Melanotus fusci-ceps (Gyllenhal, 1817), Peripontius omissus (Buysson, 1889) and Pittonotus theseus (Germar, 1817).