Trox niger P. Rossi, 1792

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

Trox niger P. Rossi, 1792 ( Figs. 1, 2 )

Material examined: Strandzha Mts.: SW Slivarovo Vill., 41°57.63'N 27°39.58'E, 220 m, riverine forest, near rocks, 09.vi.-02.vii.2009, 1 ♀, pitfall traps, PM, RK & OS leg. ( YP); Pirin Mts. : NE Kalimantsi Vill., 41°27.974'N 23°29.942'E, 340 m , 24.v.2010, 1 ♀, at light, OS, BZ & GH leg. ( BFUS); the same data, but 41°27.904'N 23°29.476'E, 327 m , 31.vii.2016, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, at light, YP & BZ leg. ( BFUS); the same data, but 41°27.995'N 23°30.643'E, 396 m , 03.ix.2016, 1 ♂, at light, YP & DG 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); E Ilindentsi Vill., 41°39.009'N 23°15.039'E, 455 m , 13.vi.2012, 1 ♂, at night, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); NE Ilindentsi Vill., 41°39.317'N 23°14.717'E, 500 m , 02.v.2014, 1 ♀, at night, DG leg. ( BFUS); NE Kalimantsi Vill., bank of Kalimanska Reka Riv., 41°27.994'N 23°30.964'E, 382 m , 01.viii.2016, 1 ♀, at light, YP & BZ leg. ( BFUS); SW Lilyanovo Vill., 41°36.748'N 23°18.715'E ,

470 m, 27.vi.2019, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Black Sea Coast: NE Shkorpilovtsi Vill., 42°59.522'N 27°53.383'E , 1 m, 26.vii.2011, 1 ♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( YP); Maleshevska Planina Mts. : NW Lebnitsa Vill., 41°31.685'N 23°12.684'E , 185 m, 15.vi.2012, 1 ♂, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); the same data, but 41°31.634'N 23°12.701'E , 160 m, 02.v.2013, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); NW Mikrevo Vill., 41°38.423'N 23°10.351'E , 163 m, 19.vi.2015, 1 ♀, at light, YP & EC leg. ( BFUS); SE Kamenitsa Vill., 41°38.5'N 23°10.0'E , 230 m, 30.vii.2016, 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, at light, YP & BZ leg. ( BFUS); the same data, but 14.iv.2018, 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ at light, BZ & DC leg. ( YP); Eastern Rhodopes Mts. : N Trigrad Vill., 41°36.372'N 24°22.800'E , 1300 m, 04.viii.2013, 1 ♂, at light, BZ & OK leg. ( YP); Slavyanka Mts. : SE Petrovo Vill., near Izvora Chalet, 41°24.677'N 23°33.582'E , 735 m, 14.vi.2014, 1 ♀, at light, OS & BZ leg. ( BFUS); Zemen Gorge: SW Zemen town , 42°28.263'N 22°43.881'E , 593 m, rocky slope, 05.vii.2015, 1 ♀, at light, YP & DG leg. ( BFUS); Sveti Iliyski Vazvishenia Hills: SW Boyadzhik Vill., 42°22.738'N 26°15.620'E , 240 m, 17.iv.2016, 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 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, 2 ♂♂, at light, BZ & DK leg. ( YP); Aytoska Planina, NW Aytos, 42°43.217'N 27°14.283'E , 265 m, 01.vi.2017, 1 ♂, at light, BZ & DK leg. ( YP) .

Reported from Sofia ( Nedelkov 1905, Guéorguiev & Bunalski 2004), Black Sea Coast ( Pittino 1991, Guéorguiev & Bunalski 2004), Eastern Stara Planina Mts. and Pirin Mts. ( Pittino 1991), Kraishte Region, Lozenska Planina Mts., Maleshevska Planina Mts., Sandanski-Petrich Valley, Vrachanska Planina Mts. and Western Rhodopes ( Guéorguiev & Bunalski 2004). According to Guéorguiev & Bunalski (2004), T. niger is the most common species of the genus in Bulgaria, which is also consistent with our data.

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.