Euboeus (Pelorinus) kopetzi Nabozhenko & Grimm, 2019

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 : 81

Euboeus (Pelorinus) kopetzi Nabozhenko & Grimm, 2019

Material. 1♂ ( ZDEU): Turkey, Antalya Prov., Akseki Distr., Ibradı , 37°03ʹ6.70ʺN / 31°40ʹ59.79ʺE, 881 m, 25.03.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) ; 2♂, 2♀ ( PCMN) , 1♂, 1♀ ( ZDEU): Turkey, Mersin Prov., between Anamur and Abanoz, 36°12ʹ37.84ʺN / 32°53ʹ50.42ʺE, 857 m, 27.03.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) .

Distribution and bionomics. Euboeus kopetzi was recently described from Antalya Province ( Nabozhenko & Grimm 2019) based on a single male specimen. We additionally collected this species in very old Pinus brutia forests in Antalya ( Fig. 7D ) and Mersin provinces. Adult beetles were active from 20:30 to at least 21:20 and climbed the trunks to a height of 2 m. The registered fruticose host lichens are Parmelina pastillifera (Harm.) Hale in both localities ( Fig. 6D ) and Pseudevernia furfuraceae in Ibradı ( Fig. 6E ) ( Parmeliaceae ).

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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.