Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in Sakar Mountains, Bulgaria Author Gradinarov, Denis Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “ St. Kliment Ohridski ”, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-mail: dgradinarov @ abv. bg dgradinarov@abv.bg Author Petrova, Yana National Genetic Laboratory, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: yanagradinarova @ abv. bg yanagradinarova@abv.bg text ZooNotes 2024 Suppl 15 2024 32 42 journal article 1313-9916 Apalus bipunctatus Germar, 1817 (Plate III, 16) Material examined: Bulgaria , Sakar Mts , SE Ustrem Vill., the road to Radovets Vill., 41°58.352’N 26°28.818’E , 233 m a.s.l, dirt road, edge of oak forest, 01.v.2021 , 1 ♂ ( BFUS- MEL000102 ), D. Gradinarov & Y . Petrova leg. Notes: Apalus bipunctatus has been reported from Bulgaria by Nedelkov (1905) with locality Stara Zagora , but this record was not cited in the species list of Bulgarian Meloidae by Kantardjeva (1929) . The species is also omitted for Bulgaria in both editions of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera ( Bologna 2008 , 2020 ). The specimen of Nedyalkov from Stara Zagora ( Nedelkov 1905 ) was not found in the Meloidae collection in the National Museum of Natural History ( Sofia , Bulgaria ), but another male specimen of A. bipunctatus from Bulgaria is preserved in the Zoological Collection of Sofia University, labelled “ Bulgaria : Ograzhden Mts, 1 km NW Strumeshnitsa Vill., 41°24.065’N 23°02.363’E , 270 m a.s.l, meadows next to cork oak plantations, 30.iv.2018 , Y . Petrova leg. ( BFUS-MEL 000115). Confirmed presence of the species in Bulgaria .