Trox sabulosus sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Petrova, Yana, Gradinarov, Denis & Sivilov, Ognyan, 2019, New records of Trox Fabricius, 1775 species (Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from Bulgaria, ZooNotes 2019 (151), pp. 1-4 : 2

Trox sabulosus sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Figs. 5, 6 )

Material examined: Strandzha Mts.: SW Slivarovo Vill., 41°57.630'N 27°39.580'E, 220 m, riverine forest, near rocks, 15.iv.-08.v.2009, 1 ♂, pitfall traps, PM, RK & OS leg. ( YP). Reported from Plovdiv ( Angelov 1960), Sofia, Rila Mts. and Strandzha Mts. ( Guéorguiev & Bunalski 2004). This species has rather limited distribution in Bulgaria.

Figures

Figs. 1–8. 1 – Trox niger, Sveti Iliyski Vazvishenia Hills, 17.iv.2016, male; 2 – aedeagus of the same specimen; 3 – T. perrisii, Lebnitsa Vill., 02.v.2013, male; 4 – aedeagus of the same specimen; 5 – T. sabulosus sabulosus, Strandzha Mts., 15.iv. – 08.v.2009, male; 6 – aedeagus of the same specimen; 7 – T. scaber, Lebnitsa Vill., 02.v.2013, male; 8 – aedeagus of the same specimen. Scale bars: 1 mm.