Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko 2002

18- Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko, 2002 (Figure 3) Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran (Amini et al. 2020). New material examined: Mazandaran province, near Behshahr, 12 ex., in bracket fungus, R. Rezaei leg., without data on collecting date. Semnan province, Shahrud, Jangal-e Abr, 3 ex., reared from mycelial layer on Populus sp. (Salicaceae), H. Ghahari leg., 11.vi.2015. Golestan province, Golestan National Park, 4 ex., in bracket fungus (Basidiomycetes) on Carpinus orientalis (Betulaceae), H. Ghahari leg., 4.vii.2017. Azerbaijan, Greater Caucasus Range, 7 km N Katex vill., N 41°44’03”, E 46°36’04”, Zagatala Nat. Reserve, NW and W slope Messergor mt., river valley Katexçay, right bank, 700-800 m, beech forest, in bracket fungus, 05- 06.07.2004, K.S. Nadein leg., 13 ex.; Talysh Mountains, between Ovala vill. and Çükəş vill., NE slope Debavnoband Range, 400-500 m, N 38°33’02”, E 48°43’02”, hyrcanian forest, in bracket fungus, 19.06.2004, K.S. Nadein leg., 11 ex. Georgia, Abkhazia, West Gumista river, S part Ashamtvara Range, 800 m, N 43°11’53,39”, E 41°01’21,98”, beech forest, in bracket fungus, 18.06.2007, K.S. Nadein leg., 3 ex. Russia, Krasnodar Region, 10 km Е Sochi, Zmeyka river, beech, in bracket fungus, 01.04.2008, M.N. Tsurikov leg., 24 ex. New record for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia. General distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia (West Caucasus) (this study), Ukraine (Crimea) (Drogvalenko 2002; Jelínek 2008). Habitat: This species was described from the Crimea (Ukraine), where it was collected mainly in the basidiomes of tinder fungus of the genus Trametes (T. versicolor, T. ochracea, T. pubescens, T. suaveolens), as well as Cerrena unicolor. Also found singly in basidiomes of Hapalopilus rutilans, Fomes fomentarius and Fuscoporia contigua. Comments: Reared from fungus on Fagus orientalis (Fagaceae) (Amini et al. 2020). Camptoptera cardui (Förster, 1856) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), 3♀♀, was collected from bracket fungus of Octotemnus rugosopunctatus in Golestan National Park. Two species of Asilidae (Diptera), Machimus annulipes (Brullé, 1832), and Stenopogon elongatus (Meigen, 1804) were collected as the predators of Octotemnus rugosopunctatus from Semnan (Jangal-e Abr).
Published as part of Drogvalenko, Alexander N. & Ghahari, Hassan, 2021, An annotated checklist of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of Iran, pp. 317-330 in Zootaxa 4981 (2) on page 324, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4920512
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