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Euboeus (Pelorinus) kopetzi Nabozhenko & Grimm 2019

  • 1. Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str. 45, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367000, Russia. & Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str. 43 a, Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, 367000, Russia.
  • 2. Ege University, Bornova-Izmir 35100 Turkey. & bekir. keskin @ ege. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6662 - 8736
  • 3. Ege University, Bornova-Izmir 35100 Turkey. & nursen. alpagut @ ege. edu. tr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6614 - 8815
  • 4. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov str. 2, St Petersburg, 197376, Russia. gagarinalv @ binran. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3213 - 1673
  • 5. Rostov Branch of the Russian Entomological Society, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 69-86 in Zootaxa 5057 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5585534

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References

  • Nabozhenko, M. V. & Grimm, R. (2019) New species and new records of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Western Palaearctic. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 15 (1), 107 - 116. https: // doi. org / 10.23885 / 181433262019151 - 107116