http://www.eje.cz (Rosenzweig, 1995); (iii) the generally disturbed status of lowlands landscapes (McCoy, 1990); (iv) the juxtaposition of species groups with different climatic tolerances (Lomolino, 2001; Oommen & Shanker, 2005); or even (v) the role played by contingent factors related to the idiosyncratic evolution of the involved groups and the composition of the regional pool of species (Ricklefts, 2006; Laiolo et al., 2018). In the case of dung beetles, many studies have been conducted in South America (

The Mediterranean Red List assessment is a review of the regional conservation status of approximately 6,000 species (amphibians, mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, corals and plants) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level to guide appropriate conservation actions for improving their status. This report summarises the results for Mediterranean dung beetles. All the dung beetles that are endemic or nearly endemic to the Mediterranean region – 200 species – are included. The geographical scope is the Mediterranean region according to the Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot (Mittermeier et al., 2004), with the exception of the Macaronesian islands, which have not been included in this study. Of the 644 species of dung beetles inhabiting the Mediterranean region, 200 (32%) have at least 75% of their distribution range within the borders of the region. The other 444 species, which occur over a wider area, were excluded from this assessment. Of the 200 species analysed, 150 are considered endemic as they cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

In this study examples of Glaphyridae and Scarabaeidae were collected. The results of this study a total 34 species were identified.

In this study, Paederinae species from Kırıkkale province of central Anatolia were studied. The present paper is based on material collected by aspirator and sifter between June 2016 and April 2019 in seven localities of southern Kırıkkale province, At the end of the study, 17 species belonging to 11 genera were reported. 14 of them are new record for Kırıkkale Paederinae fauna. Leptobium yagmuri Anlaş, 2017 and Tetartopeus inexcisus Assing, 2009 represented the first record since the description of the species. In addition, Achenium scimbaliodes Koch, 1937 and Tetartopeus inexcisus Assing, 2009 are recorded for the first time from Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.