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First Record of the Wood-Boring Beetles Oxymirus Cursor and Sinodendron Cylindricum in Greece ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA Vol. 26, 2017 First record of the wood-boring beetles Oxymirus cursor and Sinodendron cylindricum in Greece Mpamnaras Athanasios Department of Agricultural Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly Eliopoulos Panagiotis http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.14823 Copyright © 2017 Athanasios G. Mpamnaras, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos To cite this article: Mpamnaras, A., & Eliopoulos, P. (2017). First record of the wood-boring beetles Oxymirus cursor and Sinodendron cylindricum in Greece. ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA, 26(1), 1-5. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.14823 http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 02/11/2019 00:57:44 | ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 26 (2017): 1-5 Received: 11 January 2017 Accepted: 26 March 2017 Available online: 07 April 2017 SHORT COMMUNICATION First record of the wood-boring beetles Oxymirus cursor and Sinodendron cylindricum in Greece ATHANASIOS G. MPAMNARAS AND PANAGIOTIS A. ELIOPOULOS* Department of Agricultural Technologists, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Larissa, 41110, Greece ABSTRACT Two wood-boring beetles are recorded for the first time in Greece. On late June 2001, the lepturine longicorn beetle Oxymirus cursor (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was found on Mt. Rodopi, and on early August 2012 the lucanid beetle Sinodendron cylindricum (L.) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) was found on Mt. Falakron, in N. Greece. Images of both species and information on their distribution, ecology and biology, are presented. KEY WORDS: Cerambycidae, Fagus, Lucanidae, Pinus, saproxylic. Two wood-boring beetles are new records for cursor (Linnaeus) Mulsant, 1839; Toxotus insect fauna of Greece. Both species are lacordairei Pascoe, 1867. polyphagous saproxylic beetles with larval development occurring in both coniferous Taxonomy. Belongs to the tribe Oxymirini and deciduous trees. They were found during Danilevsky, 1997 of the subfamily collecting expeditions of the authors in N. Lepturinae in the family Cerambycidae. The Greece for entomological research, where a genus Oxymirus Mulsant, 1862 consists of single specimen of each species was only one species (O. cursor) worldwide. The collected. Both specimens are deposited in distribution of the genus is European and W. the insect collection, Laboratory of Crop Asiatic (Turgut et al. 2010). It should be Protection, Technological Educational noted that the genus included one more Institute of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. species (Oxymirus mirabilis), that was very recently separated to its own genus and is New Records from Greece now treated as Neoxymirus mirabilis (Motschulsky, 1838), due to basic differences 1. Oxymirus cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) with O. cursor in imaginal characters (Danilevsky 2014). Synonyms. Cerambyx cursor Linnaeus, 1758; Cerambyx noctis Gmelin, 1790; Specimens examined. On late June 2001, on Rhagium cursor (Linnaeus) Fabricius, 1801; Mt. Rodopi, in the region of Vathyrema, at Rhagium noctis (Gmelin) Fabricius; around 1300 m. a. s. l., north of the city of Stenocorus cursor (Linnaeus) Olivier, 1795; Drama in N. Greece, a single female of O. Stenocorus noctis (Gmelin) Olivier, 1795; cursor was collected in pine forest (Pinus sp. Stenocorus striatus Voet, 1806; Toxotus L. (Pinopsida: Pinaceae)), while flying *Corresponding author: [email protected] http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 02/11/2019 00:57:44 | 2 ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 26 (2017): 1-5 around rotting pine stumps. This specimen is Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the first record of the species for Greece (Fig. European Russia, Finland, France, 1). Species identification was carried out by F.Y.R.O.M., Germany, Hungary, Italy, the first author, based on determination key Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, of Bense (1995). The specimen was easily Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, identified as O. cursor due to its reddish Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, coloured lines on elytra (Fig. 1A) and lateral Switzerland, Ukrain and also from W. Siberia margins of pronotum armed with distinct and NE Turkey (Turgut et al. 2010). blunt tubercles (Fig. 1B). 2. Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758) Morphology-Biology-Ecology. It has moderate-sized body (between 10-40 mm), Synonyms. Lucanus tenebriodes Scopoli, generally ovoid, without metallic reflection. 1772; Sinodendron americanum Palisot de Antennae are filiform not extending beyond Beauvois, 1805; Sinodendron juvenilis tip of abdomen. Pronotum shape variable, Mulsant, 1842. from subquadrate (about as long as wide) to transverse (distinctly wider than long); lateral Taxonomy. The genus Sinodendron margins of pronotum armed with distinct Hellwig, 1792, from the family Lucanidae, blunt tubercles. subfamily Sindesinae MacLeay, 1819 and This species is a polyphagous saproxylic tribe Sinodendrini Hellwig, 1794, is beetle, feeding mostly on plants of the genera represented by four species in the world Abies, Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Fagus, Larix, fauna. These are S. cylindricum, S. persicum Picea, Pinus etc., but prefers coniferous (Reitter, 1902) known from Azerbaidjan and trees. The larvae develop in rotting moist Iran, S. rugosum (Mannerheim, 1843) from stumps (Svacha and Danilevsky 1988, Bense USA and Canada, and S. yunnanense Kral, 1995, Sama 2002, Turgut et al. 2010, Chinery 1994 from China (Fuente 1926, Baguena 2012). The active period of the adults lasts 1967, Espanol 1973, Espanol and Vinolas from May to July, and they are found on 1992, Ortuno 1993, Mizunuma and Nagai flowers on which they feed, or around rotting 1994, Lopez-Colon et al. 1996, Ballerio stumps (Chinery 2012). 2003). Specimens examined. On early August 2012, on Mt. Falakron, on the road that leads to the snow center, at around 1400 m. a. s. l., north of the city of Drama in N. Greece, a single male specimen of S. cylindricum was collected in Fagus forest, in the hollow of an old beech. This is the first record of this species for Greece (Fig. 2). Species identification was carried out by the first FIG.1. Oxymirus cursor (♀), A. dorsal view, author and was based on determination keys B. lateral view, C. antenna, D. hind leg. of Baraud (1993) and López-Colón (2000). Specifically, the specimen was easily Previous records. Until now, O. cursor had determined as S. cylindricum due to its not been found in Greece. It has been cylindrical body (Fig. 2A), jaws hidden by previously recorded from many European the clypeus (Fig. 2B), very narrow posternal countries: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, extension wedged between the anterior coxae Belgium, Belorussia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and ligule inserting at the end of the chin. www.entsoc.gr © 2017 Hellenic Entomological Society http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 02/11/2019 00:57:44 | MPAMNARAS AND ELIOPOULOS: First record of O. cursor and S. cylindricum in Greece 3 Lopez-Colon et al. 1996, Bunalski 2001, Ballerio 2003). Conclusions – Remarks. Our study is a contribution to the knowledge of saproxylic beetles of Greece. These species are involved in or dependent on wood decay and therefore play an important role in decomposition processes and thus for recycling nutrients in natural ecosystems. The search for saproxylic FIG. 2. Sinodendron cylindricum (♂), A. insects will continue, given that Greece – and dorsal view, B. lateral view, C. front leg, D. The Balkan Peninsula in general – not only hind leg, E. antenna. emerges as a hotspot of saproxylic beetle biodiversity but also demonstrates the Morphology-Biology-Ecology. Its body greatest concentrations of threatened length is approx. 15 to 18mm. A pointed saproxylic beetle species (Nieto and projection lies on the head of the males giving Alexander 2010). them a rhinoceros-like appearance (“Rhinoceros beetle”). The body is black, References shiny with a blue-green sheen. It is a polyphagous saproxylic species Baguena, L. 1967. Scarabaeoidea de la fauna (larval development in rotting stumps of ibero-balear y pirenaica. C.S.I.C., Fagus, Quercus, Acer, Betula, Alnus, Madrid, 567pp. Carpinus, Aesculus, Malus, Fraxinus, Baraud, J. 1993. Les coléoptères Lucanoidea Cerasus, Populus, Salix, Tilia, Picea, Pinus), de l'Europe et du Nord de l' Afrique. Bull. but prefers Fagus and is found mainly in mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 62: 42-64. beech forests (Baguena 1967, Espanol 1973, Ballerio, A. 2003. EntomoLex: la Espanol and Vinolas 1992, Ortuno 1993; conservazione degli insetti e la legge. Ballerio 2003, GTLI 2006, Chinery 2012). Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 82: 17-86. The active period of the adults lasts from May Bense, U. 1995. Illustrated Key to the to August. They feed on oozing sap, and the Cerambycidae (excl. Dorcadionini) and males often use their cephalic horns to fight Vesperidae of Europe. Margraf each other (GTLI 2006, Chinery 2012). Publishers GmbH, Germany, 513 pp. Bunalski, M. 2001. Checklist of Bulgarian Previous records. Sinodendron cylindricum Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) [Fourth has not been previously recorded in Greece. contribution to the knowledge of It is the only European representative of the Scarabaeoidea of Bulgaria]. Pol. Pis. genus Sinodendron with common presence in Entomol. 70: 165-172. Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Chinery, M. 2012. Insects of Britain and Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain, Western Europe. Domino Books Ltd, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 320 pp Spain, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Danilevsky M.L. 2014. Longicorn beetles Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, (Coleoptera, Cerambycoidea) of Russia Italy, Slovenia, Albania,
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