Pygopleurus apicalis (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 : 1

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12807470

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12807476

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F47E06F-FF80-6D46-FEB8-B0D54C6C8B1A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pygopleurus apicalis (Brullé, 1832)
status

 

Pygopleurus apicalis (Brullé, 1832) View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View Fig : A, B, C)

Material examined: Bulgaria: Belasitsa Mts., Klyuch Vill., 500 m., 30.iv.2008, 1 ♂, D. Gradinarov leg. ; Belasitsa Mts. , Belasitsa Vill., 41°22.100’N 23°07.835’E, 369 m., 30.iv.2018, roadside meadows, 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Y. Petrova leg. GoogleMaps ; Sandanski- Petrich Valley , 2 km NE Kolarovo Vill., 41°22.570’N 23°08.017’E, 274 m., 30.iv.2018, roadside verges next to agricultural fields, 1 ♂, in flower of Papaver sp. , Y. Petrova leg. GoogleMaps

Even if the species is reported from Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia ( Nikodým & Bezděk 2016), no verified Bulgarian specimens were available, so the specimens herein reported are the first verified data for the Country.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Glaphyridae

Genus

Pygopleurus

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