Odocnemis inornata Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016

Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Keskin, Bekir, Keskin, Nurşen Alpagut, Gagarina, Ludmila V. & Nabozhenko, Svetlana, 2021, Two new species and new records of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey with notes on bionomics and trophic relations, Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 69-86 : 78

Odocnemis inornata Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016

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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 ).

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FIGURE 6. Host lichens of Helopini collected in Turkey:A—Physconia venusta (on Pyrus, Antalya: Thermessos): Odocnemis inornata; B—Cladonia fimbriata (on stump of Pinus brutia, Hatay: Çamlıyayla): Odocnemis amanosica; C—Physcia adscedens (on Pinus brutia, Antalya: Korkuteli—Antalya old road): Stenohelops aeneipennis; D—Parmelina pastillifera (on Pinus brutia, Antalya: Ibradı): Helops glabriventris and Euboeus kopetzi; E—Pseudevernia furfuraceae, the same place and darkling beetles; F—Physconia distorta (on Pinus brutia, Gaziantep: Fevzipaşa): Helops cyanipes.

FIGURE 7. Habitats of Helopini in Turkey and beetles in nature: A—Odocnemis inornata on trunk of Pyrus (Antalya: Thermessos); B—woodland of Juniperus excelsa, habitat of Taurohelops triplechorni (Kayseri—Adana border pass); C— multiple specimens of Catomus hesperides on trunk of olive (Adana: Çelemli); D—old forest of Pinus brutia, habitat of Helops glabriventris and Euboeus kopetzi (Antalya: Ibradı), E—three specimens of Helops cyanipes on trunk of Pinus nigra (Kahramanmaraş: Başkonuş Yaylası), F—the same place and tree, male of Helops cyanipes.