Xylographus bostrichoides (Dufour, 1843)

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 : 324

* Xylographus bostrichoides (Dufour, 1843) ( fig.1 , 6)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht, 37°10.151′ N 55°28.101′ E, 447 m amsl, 13– 15.06.2015, 32 exx. leg. R. Królik et A. Lasoń from fungi on Populus sp. et Fagus orientali s, 49 exx. reared 20.VI– 31.08.2015, cult. R. Królik (USMB, RKPC); Mazandaran Prov., Sisangan National Park, 36°35.211′ N 51°48.103′ E, 8.06.2015, 32 exx. leg. T. Jaworski (RKPC).

Widespread Palearctic species, exception of extremely northern areas. Found most often on basidiomes of Fomes fomentarius , Ganoderma and Phellinus Quél.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n P a l e a r c t i c: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, ( Jelínek, 2008). Iran (first record).

Species for which the presence in Iran is doubtful or requires confirmation:

Figures

Fig. 1. 1 — Cis chinensis, Mazandaran Prov., Sisangan National Park; 2 — Cis reitteri, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 3 — Cis striatulus, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 4 — Cis tomentosus, Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht; 5 — Ropalodontus perrini, Golestan Prov., 11 km SE of Minudasht; 6 — Xylographus bostrichoides, Mazandaran Prov., Sisangan National Park. Scale bars: 1 mm.