An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea)
Author
Hristov, Georgi H.
Author
Chobanov, Dragan P.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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351
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journal article
38340
10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1
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Ectobius burri
Adelung, 1917
Figures 2, 3, 4
,
18
,
42
,
55
Ectobius burri burri
Adel.
: 19.
Karaman
&
Karaman
1987
: 3
.
Notes to the literature data.
In the paper by
Karaman
&
Karaman
(1987)
, the subspecific diagnostic characters are not clearly defined and thus identification of the concerned taxa is problematic. Therefore the subspecies categories of
E. burri
were not considered in the present work. From the new collected material from
Bulgaria
, we found specimens, which were different from the species
E. balcani
and
E. erythronotus
and they were similar to the characteristics suggested by
Karaman
&
Karaman
(1987)
, so the species
E. burri
Adelung
was included in the checklist of cockroaches for
Bulgaria
.
Distribution in
Bulgaria
(
Fig. 73
): This species usually inhabits high-grass and low-shrub mesomorphic communities from the lowlands to
700 m
alt. It keeps in the leaf litter or on the low vegetation, but sometimes climbs to the top of low trees and shrubs.
Studied material.
201 specimens (168 adults, 33 nymphs) and 7 oothecae.
General distribution.
E. burri
is known from
Serbia
, R
Macedonia
,
Bulgaria
, and
North Greece
.