Odocnemis punctata Allard 1876
Creators: name: Nabozhenko, Maxim V.
name: Háva, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Odocnemis
Odocnemis punctata

description: Odocnemis punctata Allard, 1876
(Figs 1C, D, 3 O–R)
Allard, 1876: 38 (Odocnemis); Allard, 1877: 51, 214 (Odocnemis); Seidlitz, 1896: 724 [Helops (Odocnemis)]; Reitter, 1922: 128 [Cylindronotus (Odocnemis)]; Gebien, 1943: 426 [Cylindronotus (Odocnemis)]; Nabozhenko, 2008: 37 (Odocnemis); Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 245 (Odocnemis); Nabozhenko & Keskin, 2016: 19 (Odocnemis).
= pseudoclara Reitter, 1922: 134 [Cylindronotus (Odocnemis)]; Gebien, 1943: 427 [Cylindronotus (Odocnemis)]; Nabozhenko, 2008: 37 (Odocnemis); Nabozhenko & Löbl, 2008: 244 (Odocnemis). Synonymy by Nabozhenko & Keskin (2016).
Type localities. O. punctata: “Jérusalem” (erroneous, the lectotype is from “ Liban ”); O. pseudoclara: “ Libanon ”.
Type material. Information about studied types of O. punctata and O. pseudoclara are given in Nabozhenko & Keskin (2016).
Additional material. Lebanon. 4 ♀ (HNHM): Northern gov. Tannourine env., 2 km N Harissa, Tannourine Cedar Nat. Reserve, 34°12ʹ34ʺN / 35°55ʹ45ʺE, 750 m, 26.vi.2016 (leg. A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh); 1♂ (HNHM): Northern gov., Bcharre env., 4 km SE Ariz, at snow banks, 34°12ʹ41ʺN / 36°3ʹ34ʺE, 2570 m, 20.v.2015 (leg. A. Márkus, T. Németh); 6♂, 3♀ (HNHM): Northern gov., Bcharre env., 1 km E Ariz, Horsh Arz el-Rab, ancient Cedrus forest, 34°14ʹ33ʺN / 36°2ʹ59ʺE, 1900 m, 27.v.2015 (leg. M. Boustani, A. Márkus, T. Németh, M. Rehayem); 2♂, 5♀ (HNHM): Northern gov., Bcharre env., 4 km E Ariz, 34°14ʹ6.53ʺN / 36°3ʹ33.94ʺE, 2100 m, 22.v.2015 (leg. A. Márkus, T. Németh, M. Rehayem, W. Yammine), 20.iv.2016, 34°14ʹ6.45ʺN / 36°5ʹ166ʺE, 2830 m, 24.vi.2016 (leg. M. Boustani, A. Kotán, P. Nemes, T. Németh, M. Rehayem, W. Yammine); 1♂ (HNHM): Mount Lebanon Range, Arsoun, Pinus forest, 33°51ʹ8.03ʺN / 35°41ʹ44.36ʺE, 7.v.2017 (leg. A. Kotán, P. Nemes & T. Németh); 4♀ (CMN): Bcharre, Horsh Ehden Reserve, 34°18ʹ33.34ʺN / 35°58ʹ56.66ʺE, 15–17.v.2018 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin); 1 ♀ (CMN): Akkar, Fnaydek vill., Ezer forest, 34°28ʹ22.00ʺN / 36°12ʹ26.21ʺE, 24–25.v.2018 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin); 12♂, 6♀ (CMN): Pass between Bcharre and Ainata, 34°12ʹ40.67ʺ 36°3ʹ37.94ʺ, 26–27.v.2018 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin); 1♂ (CMN): Plateau near Faraya, 33°59ʹ59.47ʺ / 35°52ʹ29.18ʺ, 21.v.2018 (leg. D.G. Kasatkin). Israel / Syria (disputed territory). 1 ♀ (TAU): Hermon Mt., 6.xii.1924, 1500 m (leg. O. Theodor); 1 ♀ (TAU): Hermon Mt., 28.06.1971 (leg. Bys); 1 ♀ (TAU): Hermon Mt., 2000 m, 23.iv.1973 (leg. Bytinski-Salz); 1 ♀ (CMN): Hermon Mt., 1900 m, 22.vi.1973 (leg. D. Furth).
Redescription, illustrations and photos of type specimens see in Nabozhenko & Keskin (2016).
Distribution. Turkey (Hakkari Prov.), Syria, Lebanon, Israel (Nabozhenko & Keskin 2016). One female from southeast Turkey (south of Hakkari Prov.) listed by Nabozhenko & Keskin (2016) differs slightly from Mediterranean populations of O. punctata. Status of this population probably will be revised after the study of males.
Bionomics. The species inhabits many biotopes, feeds on lichens on Cedrus libani, Quercus sp., Pinus spp., on stones in high mountains.
description: Published as part of Nabozhenko, Maxim V. & Háva, Jiří, 2020, To the knowledge of the Near East species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini), pp. 319-331 in Zootaxa 4767 (2) on pages 325-326, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3771519