Cis castaneus (Herbst, 1793)

Amini, S., Krolik, R., Nozari, J., Farashiani, M. E. & Kazerani, F., 2020, A Survey Of Ciidae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) Of The Hyrcanian Forest (Iran) With New Faunistic Records, Zoodiversity 54 (4), pp. 317-328 : 319

Cis castaneus (Herbst, 1793)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht , 37°23.104′ N 55°50.012′ E, 584 m amsl, 12.06.2015, 1 ex. leg. R. Królik ( RKPC) ; 11 km SE of Minudasht , 37°10.101′ N 55°28.211′ E, 447 m amsl, 13– 15.06.2015, 15 exx. leg. R. Królik, from fungus on Populus L., 4 exx. reared 20.VI–5 07.2015, cult. R. Królik ( USMB, RKPC) ; Shast Kola , 36°44.162′ N 54°24.402′ E, 08.2016, 1 ex. leg. S. Amini ( RIFR) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39.102′ N 51°25.225′ E, 14– 19.02.1966, 46 exx. reared 17.05.1966 – 4.10.1968 leg. A. Warchałowski, cult. M . Kak ( MNHW) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Isfahan Prov., Natanz ( Samin et al., 2018).

Species occurring from Scandinavia to mountain and foothill areas in Southern Europe; recorded also in the Russian Far East. Polyphagous species developing in various fungi species with hard basidiomes (most commonly Fomes (Fr.) Fr. and Ganoderma P. Karst. ), growing mainly on deciduous trees.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Croatia, Russia (European Territory, Far East), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, ( Jelínek, 2008), Spain ( Diéguez Fernández, 2013), Iran ( Samin et al., 2018).