Borislav Guéorguiev
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-0657; Gergana Zaemdzhikova
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-4331; Plamen Glogov
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2913-3379; Alexandar Guéorguiev
3 July 2023 ·
volume 45 · (
issue 7) · pp. 179–186 ·
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Abstract: Cryptophagus intermedius Bruce, Dienerella filiformis (Gyllenhal) and Melanophthalma rhenana Rücker et Johnson, 2007 are first time recorded for the fauna of Bulgaria as the first and third species are also first noted from the Balkan Peninsula. Left unmentioned for the country in the latest catalogues, but earlier noted in other announcements, other two species, Berginus tamarisci Wollaston and Melanophthalma taurica (Mannerheim) are confirmed for Bulgaria, with first detailed data reported. All the aforementioned species (except C. intermedius) have been reared and thus first time reported from the European mistletoe (Viscum album Linnaeus). A checklist of the Bulgarian hairy fungus beetles including new and republished data is presented too.
Keywords: beetles, Bulgaria, European mistletoe, first and new country records
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