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Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, vol.53, no.1, pp.43-63, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
It was aimed to examine the morphological characteristics of the male reproductive organs in the sampled Clerid species, to discuss them with the existing literature and to contribute to the taxonomy of Cleridae by carrying out a total of 166 days of fieldwork in Inner Western Anatolia covering Afyonkarahisar, northeast of Denizli, Kütahya and Uşak provinces between May-October 2019, March-October 2021 and March-October 2022. In systematic evaluations; 16 species belonging to five genera from two subfamilies were identified by examining 992 specimens collected. The general morphologies of these species were examined, and detailed morphological descriptions were provided. Stereo microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope photographs were taken for the male reproductive organs of 15 and 14 species, respectively. Their drawings and descriptions were compared and discussed in relation to the identified species and literature data.