Orchesia (C) minor, Walker, 1837

Tamutis, Vytautas, Ferenca, Romas & Pollock, Darren A., 2019, Faunistic review of Tetratomidae and Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Lithuania with an annotated checklist of the species, Zootaxa 4668 (2), pp. 183-206 : 193

O. (C.) minor Walker, 1837

New records. Kau: Gervėnupis, 12 VIII 1998, leg. A. M., 1³, AMC; Panemunės šilas, 29 III 1994, leg. R. F., 1♀, KZM ; Margininkai , 25 VII 1998, leg. V. T., 1³, KZM ; Kleboniškio miškas, 9 II 2001, in bark crevice of living tree of Pinus sylvestris , leg. V. T., 1♀, KZM ; K.R.: Braziūkų miškas, 13 III 2011, in bark crevices of living tree of Larix decidua , leg. V. T., 2³ 1♀, KZM ; Braziūkų miškas, 13 III 2011, in bark crevices of living tree of Pinus sylvestris , leg. V. T., 6³ 4♀, KZM ; Šak : Tervydoniai, 21 IV 2014, leg. R. F., 1♀, KZM ; Šiau : Dzidai, 08 III 2008, leg., V. T. 1♀, KZM .

Earlier records. This species was found in Kaunas ( Ferenca et al. 2006) (KZM) and Panevėžys districts (Os- trauskas & Ferenca 2010) (KZM).

General distribution. Orchesia minor is widely distributed in Europe but is not known from Iberia and some countries of the Balkan Peninsula; it is also known from Kazakhstan and West Siberia ( Nikitsky & Pollock 2008; Konvička 2012).

Notes. This species is insufficiently known in Lithuania but seems to be not very rare. The larvae develop in rotten wood mainly in deciduous trees, rarely in coniferous ( Burakowski et al. 1987) generally infected by Pirenomycetes fungus ( Nikitsky et al. 1996; Nikitsky 2002).