Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko, 2002

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 : 323

* Octotemnus rugosopunctatus Drogvalenko, 2002

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39.102′ N 51°25.512′ E, 19.02.1966, 29 exx. reared 17.05.1966 – 4.10.1968, leg. A. Warchałowski, cult. M . Kak ( MNHW); 13– 14.02.1968, 2 exx. from fungus on Fagus orientalis leg. A. Warchałowski ( MNHW) .

A species described from the Crimean Peninsula, where it occurs in deciduous and mixed forests growing up to 1000 m amsl. It develops in the sporocarps of the fungi, mainly from the genus Trametes : T. suaveolens , T. versicolor (L.) Lloyd, T. pubescens (Schumach.) Pilát and Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill ( Drogvalenko 2002) . This find clearly expands the range of this species.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Ukraine ( Jelínek, 2008). Iran (first record).