Two new species and new records of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey with notes on bionomics and trophic relations
Author
Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str. 45, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367000, Russia. & Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str. 43 a, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367000, Russia.
Author
Keskin, Bekir
0000-0002-6662-8736
Ege University, Bornova-Izmir 35100 Turkey. & bekir. keskin @ ege. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6662 - 8736
bekir.keskin@ege.edu.tr
Author
Keskin, Nurşen Alpagut
0000-0001-6614-8815
Ege University, Bornova-Izmir 35100 Turkey. & nursen. alpagut @ ege. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6614 - 8815
nursen.alpagut@ege.edu.tr
Author
Gagarina, Ludmila V.
0000-0003-3213-1673
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov str. 2, St Petersburg, 197376, Russia. gagarinalv @ binran. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3213 - 1673
gagarinalv@binran.ru
Author
Nabozhenko, Svetlana
Rostov Branch of the Russian Entomological Society, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-20
5057
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journal article
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Odocnemis inornata
Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016
(
Fig. 7A
)
Material.
3♂
,
1♀
(
PCMN
):
Turkey
,
Antalya Prov.
,
Taşkesiği
,
36°46ʹ3.25ʺN
/
31°39ʹ53.32ʺE
,
470 m
,
23.03.2021
(leg.
B. Keskin
, M. & S. Nabozhenko)
;
1♂
,
1♀
(
PCMN
):
Turkey
,
Antalya Prov.
,
Thermessos
ancient ruins,
36°59ʹ18.28ʺN
/
30°28ʹ3.59ʺE
,
889 m
,
22.03.2021
(leg.
B. Keskin
, M. & S. Nabozhenko)
;
2♂
,
1♀
(
PCMN
):
Turkey
,
Antalya Prov.
,
Akseki Distr.
, near
Güçlüköy
,
36°50ʹ19.14ʺN
/
31°47ʹ25.37ʺ E
,
656 m
, 24–
25.03.2021
(leg.
B. Keskin
, M. & S. Nabozhenko)
.
Distribution and bionomics.
This species is widely distributed in
Antalya Province
and is also known from
Isparta Province
(
Nabozhenko & Keskin 2016
). It was previously collected on
Juniperus oxycedrus
L. in
Isparta Province
and on
J. excelsa
K. Koch
in
Antalya Province
(Bey Dağları). In 2021 we collected
O. inornata
on
Pinus brutia
(Taşkesiği)
,
Quercus infectoria
and on
Pyrus
sp. (Thermessos)
(
Fig. 7A
). Beetles were active since 20:00 at the end of March. One of the host lichens (at least on
Pyrus
and
Quercus
) is
Physconia venusta
(Ach.) Poelt. (Physciaceae)
, but sometimes beetles can feed on
Ramalina calicaris
(L.) Fr. (
Parmeliaceae
) (
Fig. 6A
).