Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko, 2002

Drogvalenko, Alexander N. & Ghahari, Hassan, 2021, An annotated checklist of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of Iran, Zootaxa 4981 (2), pp. 317-330 : 324

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).

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FIGURE 3. Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko, 2002; a: Habitus; b: Genital sclerite; c: Tegmen.