Trox perrisii Fairmaire, 1868

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 perrisii Fairmaire, 1868 ( Figs. 3, 4 )

Material examined: Vlahina Mts. : NW Zheleznitsa Vill., 41°55.750'N 23°05.350'E, 530 m, 11.vi.2012, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Pirin Mts. : E Ilindentsi Vill., 41°39.174'N 23°14.738'E, 540 m, 13.vi.2012, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Maleshevska Planina Mts. : NW Lebnitsa Vill., 41°31.634'N 23°12.701'E, 160 m, 02.v.2013, 1 ♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Slavyanka Mts. : SE Paril Vill., 41°25.960'N 23°42.007'E, 755 m, 17.vi.2013, 1 ♂, at light, OS, BZ & SB leg. ( BFUS); Sandanski- Petrich Valley : Rupite Place, SE Ribnik Vill., right bank of Struma Riv., 41°28.039'N 23°16.153'E, 95 m, forest with Populus sp. , riverine sands, 11.viii.2015, 1 ♂, at light, YP & BZ leg. ( BFUS); E Novo Hodzhovo Vill. , 41°24.432'N 23°24.460'E, 115 m, near marshes, 30.vi.2019, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( YP).

In Bulgaria, the species is reported only from Pirin Mts., Melnik Region ( Bunalski 2000) and from Eastern Stara Planina Mts., Natura Site "Ecokoridor Kamchiya-Emine” ( Chehlarov et al. 2016). The species should not be considered rare as it appears to be widely distributed at least in the SW part of the country.

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.