Bekir KESKİN

Fen Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, Zooloji Anabilim Dalı

Research areas: Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Systematic Zoology, Animal Biology, Biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Agricultural Sciences, Plant Protection, Agriculture, Biological Databases

Publications

• Identification of Conserved Repetitive Amino Acid Motifs in Antifreeze Proteins of Selected Helopini Species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2025)
• Beetles and lichens: tracing the origins and evolution of lichenophagy within the darkling beetle tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2023)
• İzmir ve Kuşadası Körfezi’nde dağılım gösteren Sardalya balığında (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum, 1792) bazı biyolojik indekslerin mevsimsel değişimlerinin izlenmesi (2023)
• Two new species and new records of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey with notes on bionomics and trophic relations (2021)
• Dispersal versus vicariance in the Aegean: combining molecular and morphological phylogenies of eastern Mediterranean Dendarus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) sheds new light on the phylogeography of the Aegean area (2020)
• A systematic review of the genus Dila Fischer von Waldheim, 1844 (= Caenoblaps Konig, 1906, syn.n.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Caucasus, Turkey and boundary territories of Iran (2020)
• Two new species and new records of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini from Turkey and Cyprus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2020)
• Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Scaurus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Scaurini) from Turkey (2020)
• Cytogenetics of Accanthopus velikensis (Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783) (Tenebrionidae: Helopini) (2019)
• Is Turkonalassus Keskin, Nabzhenko &Keskin, 2017 (Tenebrionidae, Helopini) a new Genus? A molecular insight! (2018)
• Karyological Variations in Tenebrionidae (2018)
• Karyological Variations in Tenebrionidae. 5th International Tenebrionoidea (2018)
• Taxonomic review of the genus Calyptopsis of Turkey and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini) (2018)
• To the knowledge of the genus Caenoblaps König, 1906 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) (2017)
• Taxonomic review of the genus Euboeus s. str. Boieldieu, 1865 (= Probaticus s. str. Seidlitz, 1896, syn. n.) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) (2017)
• Life forms and strategies of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Helopini) (2017)
• Taxonomic review of the genus Helops Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Turkey (2017)
• Eustenomacidius egeuniversitatis sp n. - the first record of the tenebrionid genus in Turkey (Insecta: Coleoptera) (2017)
• TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE GENERA NALASSUS MULSANT, 1854 AND TURKONALASSUS GEN. NOV OF TURKEY (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE) (2017)
• Taxonomic review of the genus Armenohelops Nabozhenko 2002 Coleoptera Tenebrionidae with additional supportof the mitochondrial COI gene sequences (2016)
• The genus Gunarus Des Gozis 1886 belongs to the subtribe Cylindrinotina Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Helopini (2016)
• Revision of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey, the Caucasus and Iran with observations on feeding habits (2016)
• Utilisation of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) in Coleoptera (Insecta): A case study on the darkling beetles (2015)
• Molecular and morphological evidence for two well supported Nalassus Coleoptera Tenebrionidae lineages from Turkey (2015)
• A new species and a new record of the genus Dendarus Dejean 1821 Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Pedinini from western Anatolia (2015)
• A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS BLAPS FABRICIUS 1775 COLEOPTERA TENEBRIONIDAE FROM WESTERN TURKEY (2015)
• A REVIEW OF THE GENUS GNAPTOR BRULLE 1832 (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM TURKEY (2015)
• THE NEW GENUS TAUROHELOPS KESKIN AND NABOZHENKO (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE) FROM ANATOLIA, TURKEY (2015)
• New data about 'nalassoid' genera from south-eastern Anatolia with description of a new species of Zophohelops (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2014)
• Molecular genetic research of darkling beetles of the genus Odocnemis Coleoptera Tenebrionidae (2013)
• DISJUNCTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF ODOCNEMIS PROTINUS REITTER 1900 THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENUS COLEOPTERA TENEBRIONIDAE HELOPINI IN IRAN (2013)
• Böcek Gelişimi ve Yaşam Öyküleri (2012)
• Odocnemis anatolicus tür grubunun moleküler filogenisi (2012)
• Molecular systematic analysis of the Odocnemis Allard 1876 species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Helopini) from Turkey. (2012)
• Idahelops alpagutae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini): a new genus and species from the Aegean region of Turkey (2012)
• NOTES ON THE TENEBRIONIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FAUNA COLLECTED BY HIBERNATION TRAP-BANDS AND PITFALL TRAPS IN BOZDAĞLAR MOUNTAIN, WESTERN TURKEY (2012)
• REVIEW OF THE GENUS ODOCNEMIS ALLARD, 1876: O. KORBI SPECIES-GROUP (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE: HELOPINI) (2011)
• Notes on pitfall trap collected Tenebrionidae Coleoptera species in organic vineyard and orchards of Kemalpaşa İzmir province of Western Turkey (2010)
• Güllerde Dikkat Çeken İki Maymuncuk Türü: Otiorhynchus ovalipennis ve O. peregrinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (2010)
• A New Genus and Species of Darkling Beetles of the Tribe Helopini Coleoptera Tenebrionidae from Turkey Entomological Review 90 9 1215 1218 (2010)
• A NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS NALASSUS MULSANT, 1854 (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE: HELOPINI) FROM TURKEY (2010)
• To the knowledge of the weevils genus Otiorhynchus Germar 1824 subgenus Choilisanus Reitter 1912 Coleoptera Curculionidae Russian Entomological Journal 19 1 61 65 (2010)
• Phylogeographic relationships of tenebrionid beetles: a response to the geographic isolation of Cyprus. (2009)
• Comparative phylogeography of tenebrionid beetles in the Aegean archipelago: the effect of dispersal ability and habitat preference (2009)
• Organization and Archiving of Insect Material in the Zoology Museum at Ege University, Part II. Family Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) (2009)
• Two new species of the genus Gunarus Des Gozis, 1886 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Southern Turkey (2009)
• Organization and Archiving of Insect Material in the Zoology Museum at Ege University, Part I. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) (2009)
• A new record for the Tenebrionidae fauna of Turkey: Akis subtricostats Redtenbacher, 1850 (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae) (2008)
• A new species of Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Entiminae) from Anatolia, Turkey (2007)
• İzmir İli Otiorhynchus Coleoptera Curculionidae Entiminae cinsi faunası üzerine araştırmalar (2007)
• A new species of the genus Otiorhynchus GERMAR, 1822 (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Entiminae) from Western Anatolia (Turkey) (2007)
• Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Caraboidea) of the ecologically managed cherry orchards of Western Anatolia (Turkey) along with some new additional data. (2007)
• A new species of the genus otiorhynchus germar, 1822 (coleoptera: curculionidae) from western anatolia (2007)
• First record of xanthomus cf. ovulus seidlitz, 1895 (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) from turkey (2006)
• A new record for the tenebrionidae (coleoptera) fauna of turkey: Mesostena puncticollis solier, 1835 (pimeliinae: Tentyriini) (2005)
• Familya Tenebrionidae (2004)
• Contributions to the knowledge of the Tenebrionidae Coleoptera from Turkey Part I Lagriinae Pimeliinae Bolitophaginae Diaperinae (2004)
• Contributions to the knowledge of the Tenebrionidae Coleoptera from Turkey Part II Opatrinae Tenebrioninae Adeliinae Türkiye Tenebrionidae Coleoptera faunasına katkılar Kısım II Opatrinae Tenebrioninae Adeliinae (2004)
• Dichomma dardanum (Steven, 1829) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) türü için iki yeni Ege Populasyonu (2004)
• Contributions to the knowledge of the Tenebrionidae Coleoptera from Turkey Part II Opatrinae Tenebrioninae Adeliinae (2004)
• Contributions to the knowledge of the Tenebrionidae Coleoptera from Turkey Part I Lagriinae Pimeliinae Bolitophaginae Diaperinae Türkiye Tenebrionidae Coleoptera faunasma katkilar KISlm I Lagriinae Pimeliinae Bolitophaginae Diaperinae (2004)
• Bozdağ (Ödemiş, İzmir)'in Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) Faunasının Çukur Tuzaklarla Belirlenmesi Üzerinde Bir Araştırma (2004)
• Erstnachweis von tentyria cypria kraatz, 1865 (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) für die türkei (2003)
• Notes on the ant-like flower beetles (Coleoptera: Anthicidae, Anthicinae) of the ecologically managed cherry orchards of western Turkey (2002)
• Contribution to the study of tenebrionid bettles (Coleoptera: Teberionidae) in ecological cherry orchards in Izmir and Manisa provinces of Turkey (2000)
• Balçova Barajı İzmir Türkiye civarı Tenebrionidae Coleoptera faunası (1999)

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