Leptobium thracicum sp. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Thrace Region of Turkey and additional records for the genus
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2021
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The genus Leptobium Casey, 1905 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) is represented in the PalearcticRegion by 73 species and two subspecies. As a result of field survey in the north and southern Turkey between 2008and 2021, a new species of the genus Leptobium is described and illustrated from Tekirdağ Province (GanosMountains, northwestern Turkey), and distinguished from related congeners: Leptobium thracicum sp. n. Additionalrecords of five species of Leptobium from Turkey are presented. The genus is now represented in Turkey by 20 specieswith 15 of them endemic