NEW COLLECTION RECORDS OF PERILEPTUS AREOLATUS (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) FROM THE AMANOS MOUNTAINS OF TURKEY

Specimens from Perileptus Schaum, 1860 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were collected from the Amanos Mountains of Turkey, and this genus was redescribed. Descriptions of Perileptus species are presented herein with zoogeographic, biological, and ecological observations. This is the first detailed study of Turkish Perileptus, and it provides the first records and information on Perileptus from the Amanos Mountains.