First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Kazakhstan

First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Kazakhstan Izbasar I. Temreshev1, 2 1 LLP "Agro Consult", 010010, Astana, Almaty district, 21 Kanysh Satbaev st., Kazakhstan 2 LLP Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev, Almaty, Kazakhstan Corresponding author: Izbasar I. Temreshev (temr[email protected]) Academic editor: R. Yakovlev|Received 18 October 2025|Accepted 1 November 2025|Published 16 November 2025 http://zoobank.org/3286D690-6C50-4D08-87FA-0D283162457B Citation: Temreshev II (2025) First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Kazakhstan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17596026 Abstract Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) (Coleoptera: Elateridae) is recorded for the first time in Kazakhstan. Species was found in bracket fungus and under bark, in galleries of larvae of Upis ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758) and Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758). It is possible that the larvae of D. borealis are predators of the species of beetles in whose galleries it was found. A key to the known species of the genus Denticollis from Kazakhstan is also given. Keywords Click beetles, new findings, key, North and East Kazakhstan Introduction The genus Denticollis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 belongs to the family click beetles (Elateridae Leach, 1815) and includes 31 species (Medvedev 2005). The species of the genus are distributed in Eurasia, North and Central America. In the Palaearctic region the genus is comprised of 27 species (Medvedev 2005; Cate et al 2007; Denticollis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 in GBIF Secretariat 2023). Denticollis species inhabit forest biotopes. The larvae live in rotten wood, under bark and in soil, they Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259 (2025) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17596026 http://journal.asu.ru Copyright Izbasar I. Temreshev. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. RESEARCH ARTICLE 1250 Izbasar I. Temreshev / Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259 (2025) are predators and sapromycetophages. Pupation occurs in the second half of summer-early autumn. Adult beetles overwinter in soil cradles. Flight occurs from May to August. Imagoes are found on flowers of Rosacea, Apiacea, Salicacea and other plants. Only one species of the genus, D. linearis Linnaeus, 1758, was known from Kazakhstan to date (Cherepanov 1957; Gurjeva 1965, 1989; Dolin 1978; Nikitsky 1980; Medvedev 2005; Ormanova 2024). As a result of the research, one species of this genus Denticollis, are determinates as new for Kazakhstan. Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) has not been previously detected in Kazakhstan. Species found in deciduous and mixed forests, groves, forest edges. This species inhabits and develops under moldy bark and in rotten wood, usually of deciduous trees, most often birch (Betula spp.), alder (Alnus spp.), willow (Salix spp.), oak (Querqus spp.), beech (Fagus spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), Japanese walnut (Juglans mandshurica Maxim.) (Kompantseva and Mamaev 1982; Nikitsky et al. 1996). Adults occasionally found on the fruiting bodies of some xylotrophic fungi, for example Willow bracket Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél, and on flowers of Salix eleagnos Scop. The larvae live in rotten wood, fungus and forest soil; they are predator, saprophagous, necrophagous and facultative mycetophagous (Zaitzev 1915; Cherepanov 1957; Gurjeva 1965, 1989; Dolin 1978; Nikitsky 1980; Krasutsky 1996, 2005; Nikitsky et al. 1996; Medvedev 2005). The species is listed as an entomophage of the longhorn beetles Necydalis maior Linnaeus, 1758 and Lepturalia nigripes (De Geer, 1775) (Sláma 1998). Materials and methods The material was collected by manual collecting at 2025 in North Kazakhstan, Akmola oblast and East Kazakhstan, East-Kazakhstan oblast. Standard techniques (Fasulati 1971) were used during the collection of the material. The following sources (Jacobson 1905–1915; Zaitzev 1915; Cherepanov 1957; Gurjeva 1965, 1972, 1989; Dolin 1978; Nikitsky 1980; Kompantseva and Mamaev 1982; Gurjeva 1989; Krasutsky 1996, 2005; Nikitsky et al. 1996; Sláma 1998; Medvedev 2005; Cate et al. 2007; Cálix et al. 2018; Ljungberg et al. 2020; Denticollis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 in GBIF Secretariat 2023; Ormanova 2024) were used for identification of the species, data on its biology and the distribution. Studied specimens are kept in the private collection of I.I. Temreshev (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Photographs of Denticollis borealis were taken with a camera Canon EOS 50 D (Figs 1, 4). Photographs of the habitat were taken with a camera Honor X9c 8/256 Titanium Black (Fig. 3). The fungus on which the material was collected were determined using special literature (Samgina 1981, 1985) and the materials from the site "Mushrooms of Kazakhstan", from http://fungi.su//infusions/advanced_articles_sort/fungi_cl.php). The map was created using the Simple Mappr program (Shorthouse 2010) and the sources indicated above. First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) from Kazakhstan 1251 The abbreviations used in the text: ex. – exemplar, nei. - neighborhoods. Results Family Elateridae Leach, 1815 Genus Denticollis Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) = Elater borealis Paykull, 1800 Fig. 1 Material examined. 2 ex. adults – 2.09.2025, North Kazakhstan, Akmola oblast, Zerendi district, nei. of Vasilkovka village, pine-birch forest, 53°27'16.06" N 69°21'34.94" E, under bark of dead European white birch Betula pendula Roth. with Violet-toothed polypore Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden, 1972, in gallery of larva of Roughened darkling beetle Upis ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758), I.I. Temreshev; 3 ex. adults, 2 ex. larva – 6.09.2025, North Kazakhstan, Akmola oblast, Zerendi district, nei. of Dongylagash village, birch forest, 53°26'58.56" N 69°7'5.28" E, in Lumpy bracket Trametes gibbosa (Pers.) Fr. and Tinder bracket Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr., on dead European birch Betula pendula Roth, I.I. Temreshev; 1 ex. adults, 4 ex. larva – 3.10.2025, East Kazakhstan, East-Kazakhstan oblast, Altai district, nei. of Bobrovka village, mixed birch-aspen forest, 49°52'26.16"N 84°15'9.95"E, under bark of dead European white birch Betula pendula Roth. with Common porecrust Schizophyllum commune Fr., Hoof fungus Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr. and Lacquered bracket Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., in gallery of Rhinoceros stag beetle Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figures 2–5). Distribution. Denticollis borealis is distributed in Europe (Belarus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine), Asia (Far East, Mongolia, Siberia) (Jacobson 1905–1915; Gurjeva 1972, 1989; Krasutsky 1996, 2005; Cate et al. 2007;) (Fig. 6). This species is recorded for the first time in Kazakhstan. Bionomics. Denticollis borealis has not previously been recorded in gallery of larva of U. ceramboides. The species was found also along with pleasing fungus beetles (Erotylidae): Dacne bipustulata (Thunberg, 1781), Triplax russica (Linnaeus, 1758), hairy fungus beetles (Mycetophagidae): Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761), cerylonid beetles (Cerylonidae) Cerylon impressum Erichson, 1845, darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790) and Neomida haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787), ironclad beetles (Zopheridae) Colobicus hirtus (Rossi, 1790), and dry fungus beetles (Sphindidae) Aspidiphorus orbiculatus (Gyllenhal, 1808) (Temreshev 2019; 2022; 2023; 2024a, b; 2025a, b, c). 1252 Izbasar I. Temreshev / Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259 (2025) Figure 1. Denticollis borealis, habitus: A – adult, dorsal view, North Kazakhstan; B – larva, dorsal view, East Kazakhstan; C – last abdominal tergites of the larva, East Kazakhstan. Discussion In total, two species of click beetles from genus Denticollis are known for Kazakhstan at present. Key to known species of the genus Denticollis from Kazakhstan 1 The whole body is completely black. Pronotum with a shallow groove in the middle; its posterior angles are directed backwards. Body length 10,0– 12,0 mm. .............................................................................................D. borealis – The anterior margin of the forehead, pronotum and elytra are red or yellow in males; sometimes the elytra are black with a red border in females. Sometimes males have a black spot in the center of the pronotum. The pronotum has a deep groove in the middle and one oblique depression on either side of it; its posterior angles are bent to the sides in the form of hooks. Body length 9,5–12,5 mm. ....................................................D. linearis Thus, D. borealis are recorded for the first time in Kazakhstan, based on the materials collected in the northern part of the country. Now two species of the genus (D. borealis and D. linearis) are known fin Kazakhstan. First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) from Kazakhstan 1253 Figure 2. Living specimens of Denticollis borealis: A – adult in a gallery of larva of Upis ceramboides; B – adult in a Trametes gibbosa; C – larva in a gallery of larva of Upis ceramboides; D – larva in a gallery of larva of Sinodendron cylindricum. North and East Kazakhstan. 1254 Izbasar I. Temreshev / Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259 (2025) Figure 3. Saproxylic beetles in whose tunnels Denticollis borealis was found: A – larva of Upis ceramboides; B – adult of Upis ceramboides; C – male of Sinodendron cylindricum; D – female of Sinodendron cylindricum. North and East Kazakhstan. First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) from Kazakhstan 1255 Figure 4. Fungus in which or near Denticollis borealis was found: A – Trichaptum biforme, North Kazakhstan; B – Fomes fomentarius, North Kazakhstan; C – Trametes gibbosa, North Kazakhstan; D – Schizophyllum commune, East Kazakhstan; E – Ganoderma lucidum, East Kazakhstan. 1256 Izbasar I. Temreshev / Acta Biologica Sibirica 11: 1249–1259 (2025) Figure 5. Habitats of Denticollis borealis: A – pine-birch forest, Akmola oblast, North Kazakhstan; B – European white birch grove, Akmola oblast, North Kazakhstan; C – mixed birch-aspen forest, East-Kazakhstan oblast, East Kazakhstan. First record of Denticollis borealis (Paykull, 1800) from Kazakhstan 1257 Acknowledgements The work was carried out within the framework of the project "Research work on assessing the impact of the enterprise's production facilities on biodiversity objects and local population in the zone of direct and indirect impact of JSC "Altyntau Kokshetau". 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Known records of Denticollis borealis in world (black rhombus) and new records in Kazakhstan (red rhombus).