Pygopleurus humeralis (Brullé, 1832),

Petrova, Yana, Gradinarov, Denis & Bollino, Maurizio, 2019, New records of Pygopleurus Motschulsky, 1860 species (Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae) from Bulgaria, ZooNotes 2019 (140), pp. 1-3 : 2

Pygopleurus humeralis (Brullé, 1832) ( Fig. 2 : D, E, F)

Material examined: Bulgaria: Kresnenski Prolom Gorge , 200 m., 04.v.2008, 1 ♂, on Asteraceae, D. Gradinarov leg.; Pirin Mts. , slope above Railway station P. Yavorov, 41°45.124’N 23°09.291’E, 220 m., 04.v.2008, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, D. Gradinarov leg. ; Ograzhden Mts. , 2 km NW Strumeshnitsa Vill., 41°24.708’N 23°02.147’E, 375 m., 30.iv.2018, pine forest, 1 ♂, on Ranunculus sp. , Y. Petrova & D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski-Petrich Valley , Kozhuh Hill., 100 m., 02.v.2008, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski- Petrich Valley , Kozhuh Hill., 41°27.648’N 23°15.309’E, 181 m., 02.iv.2016, 1♂, on Anemone sp. , D. Gradinarov leg. ; the same locality and date, 1 ♂, on Iris sp. , D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski-Petrich Valley , N Kresna town, left bank of Struma Riv., 41°44.110’N 23°09.459’E, 182 m., 28.iv.2018, riverside meadows, 1 ♂, on Papaver sp. , Y. Petrova & D. Gradinarov leg. ; the same locality, 01.v.2018, riverside meadows, 1 ♂, on Ranunculus sp. , Y. Petrova leg.

The species is distributed in Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia and Turkey ( Nikodým & Bezděk 2016). In Bulgaria it is reported from Plovdiv, Malko Tarnovo, Burgas, Primorsko, Haskovo and Sakar Mountain ( Minkova 1959, as Amphicoma vulpes ab. viridisuturata Reitt.), Sandanski-Petrich Valley and Kresna gorge (Zaharieva – Stoilova & Dimova 1980; Sakalian et al. 1993; Kalushkov & Dimova 1997 as Amphicoma petrovitzi Miks. ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Pygopleurus apicalis (Brullé, 1832), Kolarovo Vill., 30.iv.2018 (A, B, C); Pygopleurus humeralis (Brullé, 1832), Kresna town, 28.iv.2018 (D, E, F); A, D: males; B, E: aedeagus, lateral; C, F: parameres. Scale bars: A, D: 10 mm.; B, C, E, F: 1 mm.