Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825)

Serri, Sayeh, Moradi, Mahboobeh & Audisio, Paolo, 2023, First report of an exotic sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Iran with notes on its distribution range and damage on different hosts, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 33-38 : 34

Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825) ( Figs 1–2)

Material examined. Iran, Mazandaran province, Ghaemshahr, Balatajan rural district, Gavan Ahangar village , 36°25'31"N, 52°44'15"E, 133 m. a.s.l., June 2022, leg. M.Moradi, 16 specimens. (HMIM) .

Diagnostic characters. Length 6.4–8.2 mm.; width 3.2–4 mm.; Body dark brown or reddish brown; lateral part of pronotum and elytra reddish; femora bicolorous, apically darker; elytra with red spots which form a curved band behind middle; pronotum with sparse pubescence, posterior angles of pronotum not projecting backward; pronotum and elytra flattened laterally; pro- and mesotibiae of males weakly curved; aedeagus with blunt apex, distinctly curved in lateral view.

Biological note. Phenolia picta was observed feeding on fallen and ripe fruits in many of the common orchards including Citrus aurantium L., Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck var. valencia , Diospyros kaki L., Pyrus communis L. and Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and var. nucipersica . The feeding activity of P. picta on Diospyros kaki is here first recorded.