Two new species and new records of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey with notes on bionomics and trophic relations

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5057 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO ◽  
BEKIR KESKIN ◽  
NURŞEN ALPAGUT KESKIN ◽  
LUDMILA V. GAGARINA ◽  
SVETLANA NABOZHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Trophic Relations ◽  
Darkling Beetle ◽  
Darkling Beetles ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
Crustose Lichens ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Turkonalassus mavi M. Nabozhenko & B. Keskin, sp. n. and Odocnemis rufocruralis M. Nabozhenko & B. Keskin, sp. n., two distinctive darkling beetle species of the tribe Helopini, are described from the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey, based on both their external morphology and genital structures. Turkonalassus mavi sp. n. differs from all congeners by the bluish dorsal surface of the body, the pronotum widest before middle, and wide merged baculi of the median lobe of the aedeagus. Odocnemis rufocruralis sp. n. belongs to the praelonga species-group. Odocnemis rufocruralis sp. n. is similar to O. torosica Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016, O. terminassianae (Nabozhenko, 2011) and O. kakunini Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016 but differs from all three taxa by the reddish-brown body with red legs, male apical maxillary palpomere wider than in female, elevate and narrowly separate male protrochanters, and the structure of the very long and narrow apical piece of the aedeagus. New data on distribution, bionomics, and trophic relations of several species of Helopini from Turkey are given. Host lichens are determined for nine species. The majority of studied adult beetles feed on lichens from the families Physciaceae and Parmeliaceae. Some examined taxa feed on Cladoniaceae. Feeding on crustose lichens is registered for the first time for Coleoptera, specifically Odocnemis rufocruralis sp. n. was observed to feed on Pertusaria sp. (on Prunus) in Mardin Province.  

scholarly journals Two new species and new records of darkling beetles of the tribe Helopini from Turkey and Cyprus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

2020 ◽  
pp. 411-417
Author(s):  
Maxim Nabozhenko ◽  
Bekir Keskin ◽  
Anna Papadopoulou
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Ventral Aspect ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Darkling Beetles ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Two new species of the tribe Helopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) are described from Turkey: Nalassus (Nalassus) becvari sp. nov. (Elazığ Province) and Hedyphanes (Hedyphanes) kmenti sp. nov. (Artvin Province). The first species is characterized by strongly thickened antennomeres 2–8 and differs from all Turkish Nalassus s. str. Mulsant, 1854 in the ventral aspect of eye, which bears a weak posterior ventral impression (rather than a distinct groove of other species). The second species belongs to the species group with asperate punctation of the prothoracic hypomera and differs from all Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 in the presence of suberect pubescence on both sides of elytral base. Distribution of some Helopini (the Helops genus-group, subtribe Helopina) from Anatolia and Cyprus is updated with new data. Hedyphanes mannerheimi Faldermann, 1837 is recorded for Turkey (Iğdır Province) for the first time. Helops caeruleus caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 from Pervolia is a new record for Cyprus and the occurrence is probably a result of anthropogenic introduction.

Discovery of New Genera Challenges the Subtribal Classification of Tok-Tok Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Sepidiini)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia M Gearner ◽  
Marcin J Kamiński ◽  
Kojun Kanda ◽  
Kali Swichtenberg ◽  
Aaron D Smith
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Darkling Beetles ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
Inference Methods ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Abstract Sepidiini is a speciose tribe of desert-inhabiting darkling beetles, which contains a number of poorly defined taxonomic groups and is in need of revision at all taxonomic levels. In this study, two previously unrecognized lineages were discovered, based on morphological traits, among the extremely speciose genera Psammodes Kirby, 1819 (164 species and subspecies) and Ocnodes Fåhraeus, 1870 (144 species and subspecies), namely the Psammodes spinosus species-group and Ocnodes humeralis species-group. In order to test their phylogenetic placement, a phylogeny of the tribe was reconstructed based on analyses of DNA sequences from six nonoverlapping genetic loci (CAD, wg, COI JP, COI BC, COII, and 28S) using Bayesian and maximum likelihood inference methods. The aforementioned, morphologically defined, species-groups were recovered as distinct and well-supported lineages within Molurina + Phanerotomeina and are interpreted as independent genera, respectively, Tibiocnodes Gearner & Kamiński gen. nov. and Tuberocnodes Gearner & Kamiński gen. nov. A new species, Tuberocnodes synhimboides Gearner & Kamiński sp. nov., is also described. Furthermore, as the recovered phylogenetic placement of Tibiocnodes and Tuberocnodes undermines the monophyly of Molurina and Phanerotomeina, an analysis of the available diagnostic characters for those subtribes is also performed. As a consequence, Phanerotomeina is considered as a synonym of the newly redefined Molurina sens. nov. Finally, spectrograms of vibrations produced by substrate tapping of two Molurina species, Toktokkus vialis (Burchell, 1822) and T. synhimboides, are presented.

scholarly journals RARE ENDEMIC DARKLING BEETLE HEDYPHANES NYCTERINOIDES FALDERMANN, 1837 (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE) FROM DAGESTAN AS AN INDICATOR OF HALOPHYTIC BIOTOPES

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-171
Author(s):  
M. V. Nabozhenko ◽  
A. A. Teymurov ◽  
Z. I. Soltanmuradova
Keyword(s):  
Separate Species ◽  
Trophic Relations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Darkling Beetle ◽  
Tenebrionid Beetle ◽  
Population Reduction ◽  
Halophytic Plant ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rare Endemic ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Aim. In this work, we aimed to study the distribution and habitat of rare Caucasian tenebrionid beetle Hedyphanes nycterinoides, as well as to identify reasons for the population re‐ duction and to develop a basis for its protection.Methods. Materials from the largest collection of the Zoological Institute RAS (St Petersburg) along with the authors’ fieldwork data were used for mapping the past and current distribution of the species, as well as for studying its habitat and possible trophic relations.Results. The taxonomic history of H. nycterinoides is complicated due to the loss of the type material. This taxon is currently interpreted as a separate species. H. nycterinoides is distributed across Piedmont Dagestan and Intermountain Dagestan (Russia); however, all known specimens were collected only in the 19th‐20th centuries (the last record is dated 1984). The population of H. nycterinoides from Intermountain Dagestan is likely to have died out due to the filling of the Irganay reservoir in 2008. Only one present‐day population from the arid Rubas valley in Southern Dagestan is known. The species inhabits saline soils (solonetz, solonchak) and feeds on saltworts. It is active in April–May in the evening or in the daytime provided it is cloudy.Conclusions. We recommend that H. nycterinoides be included in the list of threatened species of Dagestan as an indicator of the state of halophytic plant communities from the hilly landscapes of the Eastern Caucasus. The main factors of the contemporary population reduction include overgrazing and filling of reservoirs. 

Glyptothorax coracinus, a new species of hillstream catfish from Cambodia (Teleostei: Sisoridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1839 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEOK HEE NG ◽  
WALTER J. RAINBOTH
Keyword(s):  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Body ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
A New Species

Glyptothorax coracinus sp. nov. is described from the western face of the Krâvanh (Cardamom) Mountains and Dâmrei (Elephant) Mountains in southwestern Cambodia. It can be distinguished from congeners by its color pattern consisting of blackish brown body with indistinct pale longitudinal stripes on the lateral line and mid-dorsal regions of the body, pale markings on the nuchal plate absent, length of adipose-fin base 12.3–14.5% SL, length of caudal peduncle 18.6– 21.0% SL, depth of caudal peduncle 7.9–9.4% SL, body depth at anus 11.0–14.6% SL, eye diameter 6.3–7.2% HL, 36– 37 vertebrae, tubercles on the dorsal surface of the head with a single, median ridge, and anastomosing striae absent on thoracic adhesive apparatus that does not reach the level of the base of the last pectoral-fin ray.

The first described darkling beetle of the tribe Metaclisini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-284
Author(s):  
MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO ◽  
RYAN C. MCKELLAR ◽  
ANDRIS BUKEJS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Extinct Species ◽  
Darkling Beetle ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The description of an extinct species of Metaclisa Jacquelin du Val, 1861 (Tenebrionidae) is presented. This genus and the tribe Metaclisini are recorded as fossils for the first time, from Eocene Baltic amber. The new species Metaclisa ottoi sp. nov. belongs to the subgenus Trichometaclisa subgen. nov. and differs from all other Metaclisini in possessing short, fine recumbent setation on the pronotum and elytra; in addition, the prosternal process in Metaclisa ottoi sp. nov. is roundly bent down and weakly projected behind the procoxae, which differs from extant species.

scholarly journals First description of the larva of Dinaraea Thomson, 1858, with comments on chaetotaxy, pupa, and life history based on two saproxylic species from Europe (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 752 ◽  
pp. 99-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Staniec ◽  
Ewa Pietrykowska-Tudruj ◽  
Krzysztof Pawlęga
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Antennal Segment ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
The Body ◽  
Saproxylic Species ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
First Time

The paper describes the morphological ultrastructure of the previously unknown early (L1) and late larval instars (L2–3) ofDinaraea, including chaetotaxy, pupal cocoon, prepupa, and pupa, based on the saproxylic speciesD.aequataErichson andD.linearisGravenhorst. Diagnostic larval characters for the genusDinaraeaare given for the first time. Morphological differences between mature larvae of these two species relate to the colouration and degree of flattening of the body, details of antennal structure, anterior margin of the labrum, mandibles, and mala. The differences are relatively small, probably because of the similar ecological preferences of both species. As in the case of other aleocharine larvae, L1 inDinaraeadiffers from L2–3 in the lack of some setae on the dorsal surface of the head and thorax, and on the abdominal tergites and sternites; the presence of a subapical seta on the urogomphi; egg bursters on some thoracic and abdominal tergites; a darker antennal segment III; and the relatively longer urogomphi and their apical setae. The differences established in the features of the chaetotaxy of L1 and L2–3 between Athetini (Dinaraea), Oxypodini (Thiasophila) and Homalotini (Gyrophaena) correspond with the molecular marker-based relationships of these taxa.

First report of Rhipicephalus deltoideus from Manipur, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aheibam Jeeran Kumar Singh ◽  
R.K. Gambhir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Microscopic Observation ◽  
New Record ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mouth Part ◽  
Present Specimen ◽  
First Time

The present paper deals record of a Rhipicephalus tick, reported for the first time from Manipur, a new record of India. The species under this genus have usual morphological features viz., having a hard sclerotized scutum which completely cover the dorsal surface of the body in males but present a small shield just behind the capitulum in female, basis capitulum is hexagonal in shape, mouth part anterior in position, eyes if present are located near the lateral margin of the scutum, presence of adanal plate in male, presence of festoons, etc. The present specimen which is reporting as a new record was collected from cattle (Bos indicus) from Wakha (24º46'22'’ N, 93º59'12'’E) Imphal East District, Manipur,India. On detailed microscopic observation, the present specimen was found to possess the morphological characters similar to the already known Rhipicephalus species, Rhipicephalus deltoides is a first record from India.

Identities of Tenebrio Linnaeus types at Uppsala, and the resulting changes in old darkling beetle names (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2308 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO FERRER ◽  
KEVIN HOLSTON
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
African Species ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Darkling Beetle ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Modern Species ◽  
Darkling Beetles ◽  
Original Species ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

In this paper, five names used for darkling beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Linnaeus collection at the Museum of Zoology, Uppsala University (UUMZ) are evaluated based on specimen examinations, modern species concepts, and review of the original species diagnoses. The types are of species described in Systema Naturae (Tenebrio caraboides L., 1758, Tenebrio gibbus L., 1760, Tenebrio gigas L., 1767, and Tenebrio muricatus L., 1758) and Museum Ludovicae Ulrica (Tenebrio spinosus L., 1764). Tenebrio caraboides L., 1758, refers to a composite type series consisting of two UUMZ paralectotypes, identified herein as Pachychila hispanica Solier, 1835, and gaditana Rosenhauer, 1856, and the lectotype in the Linnean Collection, Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), for the ground beetle Cychrus caraboides (L. 1758). The three specimens in the De Geer Collection, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (NHRS), under Tenebrio gibbus L., 1760, are determined as Psammodes gibbus (L., 1760), comb. nov.; this includes the “lost” type of Linnaeus, whereas the UUMZ Linnaeus specimen is not a type and identified as an undetermined species of Amnodeis Miller, 1858, similar to A. giganteus Reiche & Saulcy, 1857. The type of Tenebrio spinosus L., 1764, represents an Egyptian species, Akis spinosus (L., 1764), which has often been misidentified as Akis trilineata Herbst, 1799, a West Mediterranean species. The holotype of Tenebrio muricatus L., 1758, is Adesmia muricatus (L., 1758), comb. nov., a species appearing in recent publications as Adesmia austera Baudi di Selve, 1881, syn. nov. Two Linnean specimens preserved with the UUMZ types under the unpublished names “Tenebrio impressus” and “Tenebrio variolosus” are an undetermined species of Erodius Fabr., 1775, and Pimelia fornicata Herbst, 1799, respectively. Psammodes gibbus (L., 1760), comb. nov., is the valid name for Psammodes striatus (Fabr., 1775), syn. nov., a South African species. Pimelia gibba Fabr., 1787, and Tenebrio gibbus Pallas, 1781, are synonyms, making the current combination and attribution for this species name Moluris gibbus (Pallas, 1781). Pimelia simplex Solier, 1836, is restored as valid, resulting in changes for three subspecies names: Pimelia simplex simplex Solier, 1836, stat. rest., Pimelia simplex oasis Koch, 1941, comb. nov., and Pimelia simplex substriata Koch, 1941, comb. nov. Two new synonyms are recognized for Centorus elongatus (Herbst 1797): Calcar variabilis Gebien, 1906, syn. nov. (an unavailable subsequent usage of Tenebrio variolosus Fabr., 1801), and Tenebrio variolosus Fabr., 1801, syn. nov.

scholarly journals Record of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Mizoram state, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwanath Dattatray Hegde ◽  
Sarita Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Zoological Survey ◽  
Regional Centre ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Darkling Beetles ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eastern Regional ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

The earlier compiled collections of Tenebrionidae held at the North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong were identified. The present study reports five species of Tenebrionidae belonging to three genera under three tribes of two subfamilies. The collected and identified Tenebrionid species are reported from the Mizoram state for the first time. The synonyms, distribution and images are also provided.

A new black fly species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4422 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA ◽  
YAO-TE HUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Pupal Exuviae ◽  
Black Fly ◽  
The Third ◽  
Intraspecific Variations ◽  
First Time

A new black fly species, Simulium taichungense, is described on the basis of one female, one male and two pupal exuviae from Taiwan. This new species is placed in the S. crocinum species-group of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae). It is characterized by the pupal gill with six unpigmented short filaments and pupal abdomen with distinct spine-combs on the dorsal surface of segments 7–9, by which it is easily distinguished from most species in the S. crocinum species-group including two species from Taiwan: Simulium serenum Huang & Takaoka and S. ufengense Takaoka. It is the third species of the S. crocinum species-group from Taiwan. In addition, the male of S. serenum is described for the first time, and intraspecific variations in a few features of the male of S. chungi Takaoka & Huang of the S. chungi species-group are noted. 

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