Cis tomentosus 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 : 322

* Cis tomentosus Mellié, 1849 ( fig. 1 , 4)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Golestan Prov., Ali-abade-Katoul, 36°43.152′ N 54°39.142′ E, 08.2016, 1 ex. breeding on Fagus sp. , leg. S. Amini (RIFR); 45 km NE of Minudasht, 37°23.112′ N 55°50.115′ E, 584 m amsl, 12.06.2015, 65 exx. leg. R. Królik et A. Lasoń, from small hubs growing on deciduous tree trunks, mainly Alnus Mill. (USMB, RKPC) .

Listed from the southern part of Europe, North Africa and the Caucasus. The determination of host fungi species requires further research.

Distribution: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Romania, Russia (South European Territory), Serbia and Montenegro, Spain ( 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.