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Helops cyanipes Allard 1877

  • 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

Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877

Material. 1♂, 2♀ (PCMN), 9♂, 7♀ (ZDEU): Turkey, Kahramanmaraş Prov., Başkonuş Yaylası, 37°34ʹ12.47ʺN / 36°34ʹ58.79ʺE, 1300 m, 18.04.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko); 1♂ (ZDEU): Turkey, Adana Prov., Tufanbeyli Distr., Doğanbeyli, 38°8ʹ2.75ʺN / 36°6ʹ37.24ʺE, 1447 m, 19.04.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko); 1♂, 2♀ (ZDEU): Turkey, Gaziantep Prov., above Fevzipaşa, 37°06ʹ32.93ʺN / 37°37ʹ49.94ʺE, 712 m, 8.04.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko); 1♀ (ZDEU): Turkey, Adıyaman Prov., Nemrut Dağı, Eskikahta, 37°56ʹ35.96ʺN / 38°41ʹ45.31ʺE, 1171 m, 10.04.2021 (leg. S. & M. Nabozhenko, B. Keskin).

Distribution and bionomics. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel. Turkish records of this species is originated from the central and eastern ridges of Taurus Mts. (from Mersin, Kahramanmaraş provinces) to Amanos Mts. (Gaziantep and Hatay provinces) (Nabozhenko & Keskin 2017). We additionally collected Helops cyanipes from the north of Adana Province and Nemrut Dağı in Adıyaman Province. Nemrut is the most eastern locality in the range of the species. The species inhabits coniferous forests and woodlands throughout the entire range and it was collected on trunks of Abies cilicica (Antoine et Kotschy) Carrière, Cedrus libani and Pinus nigra (Figs. 7E, F) among fruticose lichens of the family Parmeliaceae. In Fevzipaşa we collected this species on trunks of Pinus brutia where it fed on two foliose species of lichens, Physcia adscendens and Physconia distorta (With.) J.R. Laundon (Physciaceae). Adult beetles were active in mid-April from 20:40 to ~23:00.

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 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5585534

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
PCMN , ZDEU
Event date
2021-04-08 , 2021-04-18 , 2021-04-19 , 2021-10-04
Verbatim event date
2021-04-08 , 2021-04-18 , 2021-04-19 , 2021-10-04
Scientific name authorship
Allard
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Helops
Species
cyanipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Helops cyanipes Allard, 1877 sec. Nabozhenko, Keskin, Keskin, Gagarina & Nabozhenko, 2021

References

  • Nabozhenko, M. V., Keskin, B. & Nabozhenko, S. V. (2017) Life forms and strategies of lichen- feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Helopini). Entomological Review, 97, 735 - 746. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 0013873817060045