scholarly journals New data about Bulgarian ground beetles from subfamilies Nebriinae, Carabinae and Cicindelinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Teodora Teofilova
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Methods ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
New Information ◽  
First Time

Bulgarian ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) fauna is relatively well studied but there are still many species and regions in the country which are not well researched. The present study aims at complementing the data about the distribution of the carabids from the subfamilies Nebriinae, Carabinae and Cicindelinae, which contain some of the most attractive Palaearctic carabids. Currently, 13 species of Nebriini, ten species of Notiophilini, one species of Cychrini, 28 species of Carabini and 15 species of Cicindelini are known to occur in Bulgaria. The paper gives new information and new records on 37 carabid species and 25 zoogeographical regions in Bulgaria. Beetles are collected in the period from 1976 to 2021 by different collectors and sampling methods. Six species are recorded for the first time in different regions. Four species are reported for the second time in the regions where they have currently been collected. Fourteen species haven’t been reported for more than 20 years from the Middle and Western Stara Planina Mts, Western Bulgaria Region, Kraishte Region, Boboshevo-Simitli Valley, Vitosha Mts, Plana Mt, Lyulin Mts, Rila Mts and Pirin Mts.

New and unpublished data about the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the subfamily Trechinae of Bulgaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
TEODORA TEOFILOVA
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
New Information ◽  
First Time

Bulgarian carabid fauna is relatively well studied but there are still many species and regions in the country lacking enough research. The present paper aims at complementing the data about the distribution of the carabids from the subfamily Trechinae, containing many diverse, interesting and endemic species. Currently, 55 species of Trechini, 118 species of Bembidiini (incl. Tachyina), and 13 species of Pogonini are known in Bulgaria. This study gives new information and new records on 41 Trechinae species and 17 zoogeographical regions and subregions. The material was collected in the period from 1979 to 2020 through different sampling methods. There are 20 species recorded for the first time in different regions. Two species are reported for the second time in the regions where they were currently collected. Seventeen species haven’t been reported for more than 20 years from the Boboshevo-Simitli valley, Sandanski-Petrich valley, Rila Mts., Pirin Mts., and Slavyanka Mts., and are now discovered there again.

scholarly journals New and unpublished data about Bulgarian ground beetles from the tribes Pterostichini, Sphodrini and Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 125-141
Author(s):  
Teodora Teofilova
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
First Time

Bulgarian ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) fauna is relatively well studied but there are still many species and regions in the country which are not well researched. The present study aims at complementing the data about the distribution of the carabids from the tribes Pterostichini, Sphodrini, and Platynini, containing many diverse, interesting, and endemic species. It gives new records for 67 species and 23 zoogeographical regions in Bulgaria. The material was collected in the period from 1926 to 2021 through different sampling methods. Twenty-three species are recorded for the first time in different regions. Six species are reported for the second time in the regions where they were currently collected. Thirty-one species have not been reported for more than 20 years in Eastern and Middle Stara Planina Mts., Kraishte region, Boboshevo-Simitli valley, Sandanski-Petrich valley, Lyulin Mts., Vitosha Mts., Rila Mts., Pirin Mts., Slavyanka Mts., Thracian Lowland, and Sakar-Tundzha region. New altitude ranges are established for six of the species. The results contribute to the knowledge of the Bulgarian carabid fauna. Currently, 56 species of Pterostichini, 23 species of Sphodrini, and 36 species of Platynini are known from Bulgaria.

scholarly journals Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity from harvested oilseed rape fields (Brassica napus L.) in Southern Bulgaria

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodora Teofilova ◽  
Ivailo Todorov ◽  
Milka Elshishka ◽  
Vlada Peneva
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Oilseed Rape ◽  
Life Form ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Brassica Napus L

This study aimed at clarifying the species composition and ecological structure of carabid communities, in oilseed rape fields after rape harvest. Field work was carried out in 2018. Pitfall traps (5 in each site) were set in 10 sampling sites in Thracean Lowland and Sarnena Sredna Gora Mts. Captured beetles belonged to 66 species and 24 genera, representing 9% of the species and 19% of the ground beetle genera occurring in Bulgaria. The most diverse was genus Harpalus Latreille, 1802 (15 species), followed by the genera Amara Zimmermann, 1832 (7 species), Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (6 species) and Parophonus Ganglbauer, 1891 (5 species). Five species were new for the region of the Thracean Lowland: Amara (Bradytus) consularis (Duftschmid, 1812), Harpalus (Harpalus) caspius (Steven, 1806), H. (Pseudoophonus) calceatus (Duftschmid, 1812), Microlestes negrita negrita (Wollaston, 1854), Tachyura (Tachyura) parvula (Dejean, 1831). Three species: Amara (Zezea) fulvipes (Audinet-Serville, 1821), A. (Zezea) chaudoiri incognita Fassati, 1946 and Diachromus germanus (Linnaeus, 1758) were new records for the region of the Sarnena Gora. Seven species were new for the whole Sredna Gora Mts.: Acinopus (Acinopus) picipes (Olivier, 1795), A. (Oedematicus) megacephalus (P. Rossi, 1794), Carterus (Carterus) dama (P. Rossi, 1792), Harpalus (Harpalus) flavicornis flavicornis Dejean, 1829, H. (Pseudoophonus) griseus (Panzer, 1796), Licinus (Licinus) depressus (Paykull, 1790) and Microlestes maurus maurus (Sturm, 1827). Genera Acinopus Dejean, 1821, Carterus Dejean, 1830 and Licinus Latreille, 1802 were new geographic records for the Sredna Gora Mts. Twelve life form categories were established (7 zoophagous and 6 mixophytophagous). The analysis of the life forms showed a slight predominance of the mixophytophages (38 species; 58%) over the zoophages (28 species; 42%). There were no constant species occurring in all sampling sites (with 100% occurrence). Thirteen species appeared after the harvest (they were absent during the flowering and ripening of the rape), forty-four species disappeared (they were present during flowering and ripening), and twenty-nine species were present in all stages.

Contribution to the knowledge of Carabidae in Iran with the descriptions of five new taxa, proposing of four synonyms and providing of nine new records (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5067 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-81
Author(s):  
JAN MUILWIJK ◽  
MARJAN SEIEDY ◽  
DAVID W. WRASE
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Ground Beetles ◽  
New Synonyms

A contribution to the knowledge of the ground beetles in Iran is given. The ground beetle diversity in Iran is rich, with 1135 known species and subspecies in total so far, and 20% percent of them are endemic. However, the Iranian fauna is still not well known. In this paper, five new taxa of ground beetles are described: Leistus (Pogonophorus) spinibarbis zagrosensis ssp. n., Trechus kouroshi sp. n., Atranus dariushi sp. n. from Zagros, and Philorhizus flavocorpus sp. n. and Philorhizus kermanus sp. n. from Kerman; four new synonyms are established: Poecilus (Ancholeus) aeneolus (Chaudoir, 1868) syn. n. and Poecilus (Ancholeus) hafezi (Morvan, 1975) syn. n. = Poecilus (Ancholeus) puncticollis (Dejean, 1828); Poecilus (Ancholeus) iranicus (Morvan, 1974) syn. n. = Poecilus (Derus) advena (Quensel, 1806), and Olegius turkmenicus Komarov, 1996 syn. n. = Pogonopsis pallida Bedel, 1898; and the first records of nine species for Iran are provided: Porotachys ottomanus ssp. ottomanus Schweiger, 1968, Tachyura (Tachyura) shahinei (Schatzmayr & Koch, 1934), Tachyura (Tachyura) conspicua (Schaum, 1863), Polyderis algiricus (Lucas, 1846), Polyderis impressipennis (Motschulsky, 1860), Pogonopsis pallida Bedel, 1898, Chlaenius (Trichochlaenius) albissoni Reitter, 1908, Philorhizus crucifer ssp. crucifer (Lucas, 1846), and Demetrias monostigma Samouelle, 1819.  

New records of araneid spiders (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Colombian Amazon Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2626 (1) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAIME PINZON ◽  
LIGIA BENAVIDES ◽  
ALEXANDER SABOGAL
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Geographic Position ◽  
New Information ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
First Time

We have revised all the specimens of Araneidae from the Colombian Amazon Region in the Arachnological Collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN), in addition to the specimens collected between 2000 and 2004 by the authors in the lower Caquetá and Apaporis rivers (Amazonas and Vaupés, Colombia). A total of 77 new records for Araneidae in the Colombian Amazon are reported; 26 of these species are new records for the country and the region in addition to 15 more species known for Colombia but newly recorded in the region, the distribution of the remaining 36 species is expanded within the region. The genera Encyosaccus Simon 1865 (E. sexmaculatus Simon 1895), Hingstepeira Levi 1995 (H. folisecens Hingston 1932) and Micrepeira Schenkel 1953 (M. fowleri Levi 1995 and M. tubulofasciens Hingston 1932) are recorded for the first time in Colombia. From this revision, it is evident the great amount of new information available in museum collections. Due to the strategic geographic position of Colombia, species inventories in different localities of the Colombian Amazon Region are important to fill distributional gaps of many species in South America. This work contributes to the knowledge of geographic distribution patterns of orb-weaving species in Colombia and in the entire Amazon Region.

A new species of Syringogastridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) from the Amazon Basin and new records for Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3014 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
J. A. RAFAEL ◽  
J. T. CÂMARA ◽  
M. J. A. HOLANDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
New Information ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Syringogaster papaveroi Prado, 1969 is redescribed from southeastern Brazil, and S. fapeam, n. sp., is described from the upper Rio Negro, state of Amazonas. The known range of S. apiculata Marshall and Buck, 2009, previously known from Amazonian Peru and Ecuador, is extended for the first time to Brazil. The phylogenetic tree and key of Marshall et al., 2009 are emended to include the new species and new information on S. papaveroi.

A review of the macrochelid mites of Turkey (Acari: Macrochelidae), with new records and descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4317 (3) ◽  
pp. 559 ◽  
Author(s):  
HASAN HÜSEYİN ÖZBEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dorsal Seta ◽  
Dorsal Shield ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

This study reviews the family Macrochelidae in Turkey, with new information about species diversity. Nothrholaspis scutivagus sp. nov., Macrocheles niksarensis sp. nov. and Holostaspella bidentata sp. nov. are described as new species from Turkey. Nothrholaspis scutivagus has a characteristic dorsal shield chaetotaxy, and post-genital platelets that are sometimes fused to the ventri-anal shield. Macrocheles niksarensis has 29 pairs of pilose dorsal shield setae and a machete-like cheliceral dorsal seta. The genus Holostaspella is recorded from Turkey for the first time, on the basis of H. bidentata. Macrocheles peniculatus and M. insignitus are reported from Turkey for the first time. Also, Macrholaspis recki and M. evansi are presented here with some notes on the Turkish specimens. 

scholarly journals Review of the ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 in the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 35-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa R. Sharaf ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Information ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
Rare Endemic ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy of the dolichoderine ants of the genusTechnomyrmexMayr, 1872 is revised for the Arabian Peninsula. Six species are treated,T.albipes(F. Smith, 1861),T.difficilisForel, 1892,T.brianiSharaf, 2009,T.vexatus(Santschi, 1919),T.montaseriSharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2011, andT.setosusCollingwood, 1985. The successful tramp speciesT.difficilisForel, 1892 is recorded for the first time from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Yemen, representing new records for the Palearctic Region.Technomyrmexvexatus(Santschi, 1919) is a new species record for Yemen. The queen caste of the rare endemic species,T.brianiSharaf, 2009 is described for the first time. A neotype for KSA endemicT.setosusCollingwood 1985 is designated based on a specimen collected from the type locality, the Asir Mountains, KSA, including new information on habitats and distribution. A male cast ofTechnomyrmex, possibly ofT.setosus, is also described. An illustrated key based on the worker caste of the Arabian species ofTechnomyrmexis given. New geographical records and a distribution map for the treated species are presented.

scholarly journals Anthomyzidae (Diptera) of Iturup Island (Russia: Kuril Islands)

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřich Roháček ◽  
Andrey Przhiboro
Keyword(s):  
Time Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Kuril Islands ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Iturup Island ◽  
New Information ◽  
Far Eastern Russia ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eastern Russia

Abstract New records of Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from the Iturup Island (Kuril archipelago, Far Eastern Russia) are presented based on the material collected by the expedition to this island in 2011. Five species of Anthomyza are recorded, including three species new to the local dipterous fauna, viz. A. collini Andersson, 1976, A. elbergi Andersson, 1976 and A. flavosterna Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003; moreover, A. collini is recorded from the E. Palaearctic region for the first time. Distribution and biology are reviewed for each of the seven species of Anthomyzidae known from the Iturup I. with the new information obtained. Biodiversity of Anthomyzidae in the Iturup I. is discussed with respect to the faunas known from adjacent areas.

New information on the skipper fauna of Guangxi, China (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
GUOXI XUE ◽  
JINQIAO NIU ◽  
JIFENG LONG ◽  
WEIBO ZENG
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Time Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
New Information ◽  
First Time

The skipper fauna of Guangxi is updated based upon field surveys and examinations of specimens. Two genera and 16 species/subspecies are recognized as new records to Guangxi, of which one genus and four species are recorded from China for the first time. Distribution of seven species/subspecies in Guangxi are confirmed as well. The females of four species are described for the first time. The male genitalia of three species are illustrated and re-described. Taxonomic notes on some of these species are provided. 

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