Protaetia (Netocia) subpilosa subpilosa (Desbrocher des Loges, 1869)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 26-27

Protaetia (Netocia) subpilosa subpilosa (Desbrocher des Loges, 1869)

Material examined. BULGARIA: Isperihovo env., 17.v.2009, V. Zieris leg. (1 ♂ in SJCP).

Distribution. Protaetia (N.) subpilosa is a widespread species. Its nominotypical subspecies is known from Greece, Asia Minor, Jordan and Syria (e.g. Mikšić 1987a; Baraud 1992). Populations from Lebanon and Israel were recently described as ssp. dorchini Legrand and Drumont, 2006 , while Iranian populations are attributed to ssp. iranica Montreuil and Legrand, 2010 . First record from Bulgaria.

Responsible author: S. Jákl