Lycoperdina succincta (Linnaeus, 1767)

Japarashvili, Shota, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Seropian, Armen, Chkhartishvili, Tinatin, Iankoshvili, Giorgi, Chitadze, Beka, Balkhamishvili, Sopio, Arsenashvili, Eka, Todua, Mariami & Memishishi, Aleksi, 2023, New and well-forgotten: DNA-assisted records of two beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera) species new for the fauna of Georgia with an update on the distribution of some other little studied taxa, Caucasiana 2, pp. 63-70 : 63

Lycoperdina succincta (Linnaeus, 1767)

Materials

Examined:

GEORGIA • Saghamo Lake; N41.2941°, E43.7309°; 2006 m a.s.l.; 11.04.2021; ISU, CaBOL ID: 1018736; leg: CaBOL team.

Genetics:

The BOLD identification engine indicated high similarity of the sequence yielded from the specimen with CaBOL-ID 1018736 (Fig. 3 ) (BOLD: AEU7031) to the COI of Lycoperdina succincta from Germany (BIN ID: ACZ0793, similarity 97.69%). The morphology of the Georgian specimen also perfectly corresponds to the description provided in the keys by Kryzhanovsky (1965) and Lafer (1992a).

Remarks:

To date, 8 species of Endomychidae comprising 6 genera are known from Georgia ( Tomaszewska 2007; Tarkhnishvili et al. 2013). The genus Lycoperdina includes 18 described species. They are usually found in an open place with scarce vegetation and develop in mushrooms of the Agaricaceae family, including species of the genera Lycoperdon P. Micheli, 1729; Bovista Persoon, 1794; Handkea Kreisel, 1989; Calvatia (Fries, 1849); Mycenastrum (Desvaux, 1842); Tulostoma Persoon, 1794; and Agaricus Linnaeus, 1753 ( Kryzhanovsky 1965; Lafer 1992a; Nikitsky et al. 1996; Wojas 2016; Lund 2017). L. succincta has a wide distribution range in Europe and Central Asia and was reported in Georgia from a single location - Mt. Lomis Mta ( Radde 1899). This record was, however, overlooked by Tomaszewska (2007). Later, this species was also found in Lagodekhi by Japoshvili et al. (2022). Collecting the species from the bank of the Paravani River mouth at Saghamo Lake is the third finding and enlarges its known distribution eastward in Georgia.

Figures

Figure 3. Lycoperdina succincta (Linnaeus, 1767), Saghamo Lake. Scale bar = 1 mm.