Pygopleurus diffusus (Petrovitz, 1958)

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 diffusus (Petrovitz, 1958) ( Fig. 1 : A - D)

Material examined: Bulgaria: Varna, Kalimanci , 4.vi.1982, A. Podlussány leg. , 3 specimens (in coll. Szaloki); Sandanski-Petrich Valley, Rupite Place, 41°27.145’N 23°16.040’E 90 m., 06.v.2010, 1 ♂, net- sweeping, O. Sivilov & G. Hristov leg. ( BFUS); Ograzhden Mts. , 1 km SЕ Borovichene Vill., 41°24.860’N 23°01.449’E, 453 m., 30.iv.2018, roadside meadows, 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, inflowers of Papaver sp. , Yana Petrova & Denis Gradinarov leg. ( BFUS) .

The species is distributed in Albania, Greece, Macedonia, while the report for Turkey ( Nikodým & Bezděk 2016) is highly questionable. New record for Bulgaria.

Figures

Fig. 1. Pygopleurus diffusus (Petrovitz, 1958), Ograzhden Mts., 30.iv.2018. A: male; B: aedeagus, lateral; C: parameres; D: female. Scale bars: A, D: 10 mm.; B, C: 1 mm.