Odocnemis amanosica Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016

Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Keskin, Bekir, Keskin, Nurşen Alpagut, Gagarina, Ludmila V. & Nabozhenko, Svetlana, 2021, Two new species and new records of lichen-feeding darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Turkey with notes on bionomics and trophic relations, Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 69-86 : 80

Odocnemis amanosica Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016

Material. 1♂, 2♀ ( ZDEU): Turkey, Hatay Prov., Çamlıyayla , 36°12ʹ49.59ʺN / 35°57ʹ27.54ʺE, 363 m, 6.04.2021 (leg. B. Keskin, M. & S. Nabozhenko) .

Distribution and bionomics. This species was known from the type locality in the south of Hatay Province and from North Syria (Latakia, Akra Mts.). It was previously found on Pinus nigra at 1480 m among parmelian lichens. We additionally found this species on Pinus brutia at 363 m. One of the host lichens is Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. ( Cladoniaceae Zenker ) ( Fig. 6B ). Beetles feed on this lichen at the base of rotten stumps.

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FIGURE 6. Host lichens of Helopini collected in Turkey:A—Physconia venusta (on Pyrus, Antalya: Thermessos): Odocnemis inornata; B—Cladonia fimbriata (on stump of Pinus brutia, Hatay: Çamlıyayla): Odocnemis amanosica; C—Physcia adscedens (on Pinus brutia, Antalya: Korkuteli—Antalya old road): Stenohelops aeneipennis; D—Parmelina pastillifera (on Pinus brutia, Antalya: Ibradı): Helops glabriventris and Euboeus kopetzi; E—Pseudevernia furfuraceae, the same place and darkling beetles; F—Physconia distorta (on Pinus brutia, Gaziantep: Fevzipaşa): Helops cyanipes.