Cis striatulus Mellié, 1849

Amini, S., Krolik, R., Nozari, J., Farashiani, M. E. & Kazerani, F., 2020, A Survey Of Ciidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) Of The Hyrcanian Forest (Iran) With New Faunistic Records, Zoodiversity 54 (4), pp. 317-328 : 322

* Cis striatulus Mellié, 1849 ( fig. 1 , 3)

Material examined: Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht, 37°23′ N 55°50′ E, 584 m amsl, 12.06.2015, 3 exx. leg. R. Królik ( RKPC) ; 11 km SE of Minudasht , 37°10′ N 55°28′, E 447 m amsl, 13– 15.06.2015, 18 exx. leg. R. Królik et A. Lasoń, from various fungi ( RKPC) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39. N 51°25. E, 19.02.1966, 25 exx. leg. A. Warchałowski ( MNHW) .

Species occurring locally in Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor and the Caucasus. Lives in the basidiomes of fungi of the genus Radulomyces M.P. Christ. , mainly on deciduous trees ( Reibnitz, 1999), less often coniferous.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, Russia (South European Territory), Switzerland, Turkey ( Jelínek, 2008). Iran (first record).

Figures

Fig. 1. 1 — Cis chinensis, Mazandaran Prov., Sisangan National Park; 2 — Cis reitteri, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 3 — Cis striatulus, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 4 — Cis tomentosus, Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht; 5 — Ropalodontus perrini, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 6 — Xylographus bostrichoides, Mazandaran Prov., Sisangan National Park. Scale bars: 1 mm.