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Sphaeridiini Latreille 1802

  • 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

Sphaeridiini Latreille, 1802

* Sphaeridium bipustulatum Fabricius, 1781 (Plate III, 35) New data: W of Ustrem Vill., 42°01.385′N 26°27.188′E, 96 m a.s.l., riverside meadows, 14.ix.2025, 5 ♂♂ (BFUS- COL000360 – BFUS-COL000364), 1 ♀ (BFUS- COL000365), in horse dung, D. Gradinarov & Y. Petrova leg.

Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802 Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844 Ochthebiinae Thomson, 1859

* Ochthebius (Ochthebius) lividipennis Peyron, 1858 (Plate IV, 36, 37)

New data: W of Ustrem Vill., near Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.448′N 26°27.022′E, 98 m a.s.l., riverside meadows, 23.vii.2021, 1 sex indet. (BFUS-COL000366), at light (UV), D. Gradinarov leg.; Ustrem Vill., about 150 m from Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.332′N 26°27.381′E, 100 m a.s.l., house yard, 04.ix.2021, 4 ♂♂ (BFUS- COL000367 – BFUS-COL000370), 12 ♀♀ (BFUS-COL000371 – BFUS-COL000382), at light (white & UV), D. Gradinarov & Y. Petrova leg.

* Ochthebius (Ochthebius) viridis viridis Peyron, 1858 (Plate IV, 38, 39)

New data: W of Ustrem Vill., near Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.448′N 26°27.022′E, 98 m a.s.l., riverside meadows, 23.vii.2021, 3 ♂♂ (BFUS- COL000383 – BFUS-COL000385), 6 ♀♀ (BFUS- COL000386 – BFUS-COL000391), 16 sex indet. (BFUS-COL000392 – BFUS-COL000407), at light (UV), D. Gradinarov leg.; Ustrem Vill., about 150 m from Manastirska Reka River, 42°01.332′N 26°27.381′E, 100 m a.s.l., house yard, 04.ix.2021, 2 ♂♂ (BFUS- COL000408, BFUS-COL000409), 2 ♀♀ (BFUS- COL000410, BFUS-COL000411), at light (white & UV), D. Gradinarov & Y. Petrova leg.

Notes: The species is firstly reported from Bulgaria by Netolitzky (1912) with locality Trnovo [= Veliko Tarnovo] (as Ochthebius viridis). The species is listed for Bulgaria in the first edition of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Jäch 2004), but according to Jäch & Delgado (2008), the presence of the species in Bulgaria needs confirmation. Bulgaria is excluded from the distributional list of the species in the second edition of the Catalogue (Jäch & Skale 2015). Herein we confirm the presence of the species in Bulgaria.

Byrrhoidea Latreille, 1804 Elmidae Curtis, 1830 Elminae Curtis, 1830 Elmini Curtis, 1830 Elmina Curtis, 1830

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 pages 88-89

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References

  • Netolitzky, F. (1912) Eine Sammelreise nach Bulgarien. Koleopterologische Rundschau, 1: 156-161.
  • Jach, M. A. (2004) Family Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea - Histeroidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, pp. 102-122.
  • Jach, M. A. & Delgado, J. A. (2008) Revision of the Palearctic species of the genus Ochthebius Leach XXV. The superspecies O. (s. str.) viridis Peyron and its allies (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 78: 199-231.
  • Jach, M. A. & Skale, A. (2015) Family Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1 / 2. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, Boston, pp. 130-162.