Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767)

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

Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767) ( Figs. 7, 8 )

Material examined: Sofia-city, Lyulin district , 42°43.578'N 23°14.964'E, 565 m, 11.vi.2004, 1 ♀ , YP leg. ( BFUS); Strandzha Mts. : W Malko Tarnovo, Propada Place, 41°58.827'N 27°29.428'E, 400 m, beech forest, 01.-27.v.2010, 1 ♀ , pitfall traps, PM, RK & OS leg. ( YP); 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); NE Kalimantsi Vill. , 41°27.917'N 23°29.519'E, 323 m, 31.vii.2016, 1 ♀, at light, YP & BZ leg. ( BFUS); the same data, but 41°27.902'N 23°29.325'E, 315 m, 28.vi.2019, 1 ♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Kresna Gorge , 41°45.635'N 23°09.275'E, 205 m, 01.vii.2019, 1 ♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( YP); 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 : Kozhuh Hill., 41°27.75'N 23°15.67'E, 108 m, 20.vi.2013, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); S Dolna Gradeshnitsa Vill. , 41°39.91'N 23°11.49'E, 185 m, 11.vi.2014, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Sveti Iliyski Vazvishenia Hills : SW Boyadzhik Vill., 42°22.738'N 26°15.620'E, 240 m, 17.iv.2016, 2 ♂♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( YP); E Stara Planina Mts. , Grebenets, SW Sedlarovo Vill., 42°40.617'N 26°33.350'E, 570 m, 31.v.2017, 1 ♂, at light, BZ & DK leg. ( YP).

Reported from Black Sea Coast ( Muche 1964, Bunalski 2000), Eastern Rhodopes Mts. ( Bunalski 2000), Sofia and Central Predbalkan ( Guéorguiev & Bunalski 2004).

Cosmopolite species ( Pittino & Bezděk 2016), in Bulgaria not recorded only from the north parts 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.