2026/03/09 by Denis Gradinarov, Yana Petrova, Ognyan Sivilov · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies #Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.14.e185958
openalex publication_date 2026/03/09 · openalex created_date 2026/03/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
A total of seven beetle species from the families Mycteridae (two species), Pythidae (one species) and Salpingidae (four species) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) are known from Bulgaria. Beetles of this families are rarely recorded and three of the species are omitted in the last edition of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera for the country, despite the presence of earlier reports. In the present study, an updated checklist of the families Mycteridae, Pythidae and Salpingidae of Bulgaria is prepared. New data on the distribution of the species Mycterus tibialis Küster, 1850, M. curculioides (Fabricius, 1781) (Mycteridae), Pytho depressus (Linnaeus, 1767) (Pythidae), Salpingus planirostris (Fabricius, 1787), S. ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1760) and Vincenzellus ruficollis (Panzer, 1794) (Salpingidae) in the country are reported. Original photographs of all examined species are provided.