Cis reitteri Lopes-Andrade, 2002

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 : 321

* Cis reitteri Lopes-Andrade, 2002 ( fig. 1 , 2 )

Material examined: Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht, 37°10.265' N 55°28.102' E, 447 m amsl, 15.06.2015, 3 exx. Reared from fungus on Populus sp. , 20.06– 5.07.2015, leg. R. Królik ( RKPC) ; Ali-abade-Katoul , 36°43.152'N 54°39.142'E,08.2016.9 exx.leg. S.Amini ( ZMUT) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39.123'N 51°25.156'E, 19.02.1966, 1 ex. leg. A. Warchałowski ( MNHW) .

The species is known so far from the Talysh Mountains in Azerbaijan, from where it was described by Reitter in 1884 under the name Cis setifer . The host fungus is unknown. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Azerbaijan ( 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.

Fig. 2. Collecting sites in North forest of Iran.