Stenohelops (Helopelius) aeneipennis ( Allard, 1876 )

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 : 80

Stenohelops (Helopelius) aeneipennis ( Allard, 1876)

Material. 1♂, 1♀ ( PCMN): Turkey, Antalya Prov., Çıralı, Olympos ancient ruins, 36°25ʹ52.81ʺN / 30°27ʹ24.66ʺE, 148 m, 21.03.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) ; 1♂, 1♀ ( PCMN): Turkey, Antalya Prov., old road Antalya — Korkuteli , 37°00ʹ51.80ʺN / 30°26ʹ31.68ʺE, 660 m, 22.03.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) ; 1♂, 1♀ ( PCMN) , 1♀ ( ZDEU): Turkey, Antalya Prov., Akseki Distr., near Güçlüköy , 36°50ʹ19.14ʺN / 31°47ʹ25.37ʺE, 656 m, 25.03.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) .

Distribution and bionomics. This species was collected in many localities in SW Anatolia and Rhodes ( Nabozhenko et al. 2020b). Usually, this species inhabits the woodlands of Juniperus excelsa in high mountains. We additionally collected S. aeneipennis on trunks of Pinus brutia in low mountains. Beetles were active from 19:30 to 21:00 at the end of March. The registered host lichen in the second locality (see material) is Physcia adscendens H. Olivier (Physciaceae) ( Fig. 6C ).

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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.