Ropalodontus perrini Reitter, 1878

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

* Ropalodontus perrini Reitter, 1878 ( fig. 1 , 5)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht , 37°23.111′ N 55°50.203′ E, 584 m amsl, 12.06.2015, 151 exx. leg. R. Królik et A. Lasoń, from various fungi ( USMB, RKPC) ; 11 km SE of Minudasht , 37°10.254′ N 55°28.102′ E, 447 m amsl, 13– 15.06.2015, 22 exx. leg. R. Królik et A. Lasoń from fungus on Populus sp. ( RKPC) ; Shemooshak , 36°43.102′ N 54°19.201′ E, 08.2016, 1 ex. leg. M. E. Farashiani ( RIFR) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalandar , 36°32′ N 51°37′ E, 08.2015, 5 exx. breeding on Acer sp., leg S. Amini ( RIFR) .

Species known so far from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Like most species of this genus, it develop in the hard sporocarps of the Fomes - type, growing on deciduous trees .

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

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.