Sulcacis nitidus (Fabricius, 1792)

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 : 324

Sulcacis nitidus (Fabricius, 1792)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Gilan Prov., Hajideh env., 36°49.124′ N 49°38.301′ E, 872 m amsl, 8.06.2015, 1 ex. leg. A. Lasoń, ( RKPC) ; Golestan Prov., 45 km NE of Minudasht , 37°23′ N 55°50′ E, 584 m amsl, 12.06.2015, 1 ex. leg. R. Królik, from various fungi ( RKPC) ; 11 km SE of Minudasht , 37°10′ N 55°28′ E, 447 m amsl, 15.06.2015, 2 exx. leg. A. Lasoń, from fungus on Populus sp. ( RKPC) ; Mazandaran Prov., Chalus , 36°39.121′ N 51°25.514′ E, 19.02.1966, 10 exx. leg. A. Warchałowski ( MNHW) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Yazd Prov., Ardakan ( Samin et al., 2018).

Widely spread Palearctic species. Development takes place in similar conditions as the previous species, often both species coexist.

Distribution in Palearctic: Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Russia (European Territory, Far East), Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Serbia and Montenegro ( Jelínek, 2008), Iran ( Samin et al., 2018).