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.