First record of Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Kazakhstan

Abstract

The darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790) is recorded for Kazakhstan for the first time. The species was found in gallery of bark beetles Anisandrus dispar Fabricius, 1792, Scolytus intricatus Ratzeburg, 1837 and Xyleborinus saxeseni (Ratzeburg, 1837) in Akmola and Kostanai oblasts. A key to known species of the genus Corticeus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 from Kazakhstan is given.

Acta Biologica Sibirica 10: 401–408 (2024) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.11189222

Corresponding author: Izbasar I. Temreshev (temreshev76@mail.ru)

Academic editor: R. Yakovlev | Received 20 April 2024 | Accepted 9 May 2024 | Published 16 May 2024

http://zoobank.org/1CB871CA-D31D-4BFF-AE26-6ADED9A64D94

Citation: Temreshev II (2024) First record of Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Kazakhstan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 10: 401–408. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11189222

Keywords

Corticeus bicolor, darkling beetles, new record, key, North Kazakhstan

Introduction

The genus Corticeus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 includes 255 species and subspecies. These beetles distributed worldwide in all continents, with the exception of Antarctica, and it is especially numerous in the forests of intertropical zones. In the Palaearctic region is comprised of 38 species. Beetles of this genus live and develop under the bark of trees, in the tunnels of xylophagous beetles and in tree fungi. Predators and sapromycetophages. One species C. fraxini Kugelann, 1794 were known from Kazakhstan (South-East Kazakstan, Almaty oblast, Ile-Alatau ridge) (Skopin 1961; Medvedev 1965; Mamaev et al 1977; Yanovsky 1977; Nikitsky 1980; Medvedev 1992; Löbl et al 2008; Temreshev and Kolov 2013; Temreshev and Kazenas 2017; Iwan et al. 2020; Lillig and Bremer 2021).

Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790) found in deciduous and mixed forests and parks, groves, forest edges. The development cycle is one to two years. Larvae and beetles overwinter. Beetles are found from May to October. Beetles and larvae are found under the bark in the decaying wood of deciduous trees (poplar, birch, oak, elm, willow, apple etc.), sometimes in dead wood and dust, and also in woodpiles. They feed on larvae, pupae and young specimens of bark beetles and others stem beetles. Known beetle hosts: Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham, 1802), S. scolytus (Fabricius, 1775), S. sulcifrons Rey, 1892, S. ratzeburgi Janson, 1856 and other species from the genus Scolytus Geoﬀroy, 1762, Xyleborus spp. Eichhoﬀ, 1864 (Curculionidae), Hylecoetus dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1861) (Lymexylidae). The species is also found in tree mushrooms, where it preys on mycetophilous insects. Considered to be a facultative sapromycetophage, as it can be found at the adult and larval stages under the bark of trees without bark beetles (Nikitsky 1980; Koch 1989; Medvedev 1992; Cherney 2005; Krasutsky 2005; Soldati 2007; Möller 2009; Drogvalenko 2016; Nikitsky 2016; Volodchenko 2020).

Materials and methods

The material was collected by manual method from 2022 in North Kazakhstan, Kostanai and Akmola oblast. Standard techniques (Fasulati 1971) used in entomology were used during the collection of the material. The following sources (Jacobson 1905-1915; Skopin 1961; Medvedev 1965; Mamaev et al 1977; Yanovsky 1977; Nikitsky 1980, 2016; Koch 1989; Medevedev 1992; Nabozhenko 1999; Cherney 2005; Krasutsky 1996; 2005; Soldati 2007; Löbl et al 2008; Nikitsky et al 2008; Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko 2011; Lillig 2012; Temreshev and Kolov 2013; Kozminykh 2015; Drogvalenko 2016; State cadastre of fauna objects of the Kurgan region (Part II. Invertebrates) 2016; Temreshev and Kazenas 2017; Iwan et al 2020; Volodchenko 2020; Sergeeva and Stolbov 2020; Lillig and Bremer 2021) were used for species determination of the beetles, clarification of their taxonomic position, biology and the distribution. Studied specimens are kept in the private collection of I.I. Temreshev (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Photographs of Corticeus bicolor were taken with a camera Canon EOS 50 D by author (Figs 1, 4). Photographs of the habitat were taken with a camera Redmi 7 by I.I. Temreshev (Fig. 3). Descriptions and body measuring were performed using a Micromed MC var 1-C dissecting stereomicroscope.

The bark beetles that in gallery the material was collected were determined using special literature (Stark 1952; Kostin 1973).

For convenience as well as some geographical and administrative terms: AkО– Akmola oblast, KO – Kostanai oblast, d. – district, ex. – exemplar, nei. - neighborhoods, v. - village.

Result

As a result of the research, one species of this genus Corticeus, are determinates as new for Kazakhstan.

Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790)

Fig. 1

Material examined. 6 ex. – 6.05.2022, North Kazakhstan, AkO, nei Stepnogorsk city, 52°29'31.49"N 72°1'18.97"E, grove birch, under the bark of the dead European white birch Betula pendula L., in gallery of bark beetles Anisandrus dispar Fabricius, 1792 and Xyleborinus saxeseni (Ratzeburg, 1837) I.I. Temreshev; 5 ex. – 10.08.2022, North Kazakhstan, KO, Fyodorov d., nei. Koskol lake, 53°55'0.58"N 62°46'26.21"E, birch forest, under the bark of the dead European white birch B. pendula, in gallery of bark beetles A. dispar and Scolytus intricatus Ratzeburg, 1837, I.I. Temreshev.

Remarks. C. bicolor is distributed in Europe (Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine), North Africa (Algeria), Asia (Far East, Siberia) (Jacobson 1905–1915; Medevedev 1992; Nabozhenko 1999; Cherney 2005; Krasutsky 1996; 2005; Löbl et al 2008; Nikitsky et al 2008; Abdurakhmanov and Nabozhenko 2011; Lillig 2012; Kozminykh 2015; Nikitsky 2016; Iwan et al 2020; Sergeeva and Stolbov 2020; Lillig and Bremer 2021) (Fig. 3). The species was not recorded for Kazakhstan in any sources. The beetles were collected under the bark (Fig. 2).

Note. C. bicolor has not previously been recorded in gallery of bark beetle species A. dispar and X. saxeseni. The species was found along with pleasing fungus beetles (Erotylidae) – Dacne bipustulata (Thunberg, 1781), Triplax russica (Linnaeus, 1758) and hairy fungus beetles (Mycetophagidae) – Mycetophagus multipunctatus Fabricius, 1792, for which the Kostanai and Akmola Oblast is also a new distribution records in Kazakhstan (Temreshev 2019; 2022; 2023).

Key to known species of the genus Corticeus from Kazakhstan

1 Dorsal side (head, pronotum and elytra) are unicolorous, from yellow-brown to dark brown. 3.5-4.5 mm C. fraxini

– Elytra bicolor.................................................................................... 2

2 Elytra black in the apical part 2/3, rusty-red in basal third, like head and pronotum. 3.3-4.2 mm C. bicolor

Acknowledgements

The work was carried out within the framework of the project "Works on environmental design JSC "Intergas Central Asia".

The author thanks to anonymous reviewers for the valuable comments that improved the manuscript.

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