Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849

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 : 321

* Cis rugulosus Mellié, 1849

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht , 37°23.231′ N 55°50.501′ E, 584 m amsl , 12.06.2015, 4 exx. leg. R. Królik ( RKPC) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39.212′ N 51°25.125′ E , 19.02.1966, 18 exx. reared 17.05.1966 – 4.10.1968 leg. A. Warchałowski, cult. M. Kak ( MNHW); 13 – 14.02.1968, 7 exx. from fungus on Fagus orientalis Lipsky , leg. A. Warchałowski ( MNHW) .

Listed from most of Europe, it seems to be more common in its southern part. Certainly wider dispread in the Palearctic. It prefers for its development the soft basidiomes of the Trametes - type fungi growing on deciduous wood.

Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Russia (Central and South European Territory), Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland ( Jelínek, 2008). Iran (first record).