Polydesmus collaris C.L. Koch, 1847

Bachvarova, Darina, Vagalinski, Boyan, Doichinov, Aleksandar & Stoev, Pavel, 2017, New records of millipedes and centipedes from Bulgaria, with an annotated checklist of the Bulgarian myriapods, Zootaxa 4263 (3), pp. 507-526 : 509

Polydesmus collaris C.L. Koch, 1847

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Material examined. 1 ♀ ( IBER), West Bulgaria, Sofia District, Tran Municipality, Rui Mountain , near Zelenigrad , N 42.501257, E 22.334568, along the road, under stones, 13.III.2016, leg. P. Mitov ; 1 specimen photographed by Iliya Dimitrov on 4.VI. 2010 in Rui Mountain, Tran Municipality, along the track Lomnitsa village—hut Rui , approximately 2 km from the village N 42.521319, E 22.375491 ; 1 specimen photographed by Viktor Senderov on 17.IV.2016 near Velinovo village , ca. 15 km SE of Tran, N 42.771549, E 22.691576 .

Remarks. A new species to the Bulgarian fauna. Although no male has been collected, the characteristic color pattern (see Fig. 1 ) leaves no doubt about the identity of the specimens. At present, the three localities listed above mark the easternmost occurrence of P. collaris , the nearest record being in Serbia, some 60–70 km off the Bulgarian border ( Makarov et al. 2004).

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FIGURE 1. Polydesmus collaris in situ (Photo: Iliya Dimitrov).