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Hygrobia hermanni

  • 1. Faculty of Biology, Sofia University " St. Kliment Ohridski ", 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-mail: dgradinarov @ abv. bg
  • 2. National Genetic Laboratory, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: yanagradinarova @ abv. bg

Description

Hygrobia hermanni (Fabricius, 1775)

Literature data: Cherepovo [Village] (Greń & Lubecki 2017).

Notes: Rare species in Bulgaria, reported except from Cherepovo, only from Sofia (Guéorguiev 1987, Guéorguiev et al. 1998, as H. tarda (Herbst, 1779)).

Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 Agabinae C. G. Thomson, 1867 Agabini C. G. Thomson, 1867

* Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Plate I, 3)

New data: W of Ustrem Vill., near Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.449′N 26°27.083′E, 95 m a.s.l., riverine vegetation, small swamp, 08.vi.2020, 1 ♂ (BFUS-COL000022), at light (white & UV), D. Gradinarov leg.; the same data, 42°01.451′N 26°27.064′E, 98 m a.s.l., riverside meadows, 1 ♂ (BFUS-COL000023); W of Ustrem Vill., near Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.417′N 26°27.140′E, 102 m a.s.l., riverine vegetation, small swamp, 29.vi.2022, 2 ♂♂ (BFUS- COL000024, BFUS-COL000025), 1 ♀ (BFUS-COL000026), at light (white & UV), D. Gradinarov leg.; W of Ustrem Vill., Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.404′N 26°26.962′E, 99 m a.s.l., 24.v.2023, 1 ♂ (BFUS-COL000027), 7 ♀♀ (BFUS- COL000028 – BFUS-COL000034), under submerged stones, D. Gradinarov leg.; W of Ustrem Vill., near Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.406′N 26°27.161′E, 97 m a.s.l., riverine vegetation, meadows, 21.vi.2023, 1 ♀ (BFUS-COL000035), at light (white & UV), D. Gradinarov leg.

Colymbetinae Erichson, 1837 Colymbetini Erichson, 1837

Notes

Published as part of Gradinarov, Denis & Petrova, Yana, 2025, Water beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Sakar Mountains, Bulgaria, pp. 74-94 in ZooNotes (Supplement) (Supplement) 17 on page 77

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References

  • Gren, C. & Lubecki, K. (2017) Water beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga, Hydrophiloidea, Byrrhoidea) in Bulgaria: new records. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology, 26: 1-20.
  • Gueorguiev, V. B. (1987) Fauna Bulgarica. 17. Coleoptera, Hydrocanthares. In Aedibus Akademiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia, 161 pp. (In Bulgarian).
  • Gueorguiev, V. B., Beshovski, V. L., Russev, B. K., Kumanski, K. P., Josifov, M. V. & Sakalian, V. P. (1998) Insects of Bulgaria, Part 1: Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Homoptera (Auchenorrhyncha), Heteroptera, Coleoptera. In: Meme, C. (Ed.), Bulgaria's Biological Diversity: Conservation Status and Needs Assessment. Biodiversity Support Program. Washington, DC., pp. 163-209.