Bulletin of the Natural History Museum - Plovdiv Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Plovdiv, 2017, vol. 2: 31-32 Short note

Reports of Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) and quercus (Kolbe, 1880) in Bulgaria with some Additional Barkfly Records (Insecta: )

Dilian G. Georgiev1,2*, Ognyan B. Todorov2

1 - University of Plovdiv, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, 24 Tzar Assen Str., BG-4000 Plovdiv, BULGARIA 2 - Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, Hristo G. Danov Str., 34, BG-4000 Plovdiv, BULGARIA *Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract. First records of Caecilius fuscopterus and Lachesilla quercus, and second records of Neopsocus rhenanus, Psocus bipunctatus, Cuneopalpus cyanops were reported. The species Ectopsocus briggsis was found close to a previously known locality near Tsarevo Town.

Key words: Barkfly, Balkan, distribution.

Introduction Lachesilla quercus (Kolbe, 1880) In this note we report of some finds of little Material examined: 12.08.2017, West known species of Psocoptera and the first Rhodopes Mts., Boykovo village, caught from record of Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) the leg of O. Todorov, N41° 59' 56.4'' E24° 37' and Lachesilla quercus (Kolbe, 1880) in the 17.5'', 1100 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, 1 ♂, coll. by sweep country. netting, O. Todorov leg., D. Georgiev det., coll.

Material and Methods Other species collected by Ognyan Todorov: All materials were collected by O. Todorov and determined by D. Georgiev. After, they Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, 1899 were deposited in the collection of the first Material examined: 28.6.2017, South Black author. and species determinations Sea Coast, Arapya Beach, North of Tsarevo followed LIENHARD (1998). Town, caught from the leg of O. Todorov at the beach, 1 ♂, coll. by hand, O. Todorov leg., Results D. Georgiev det., coll. The species was very recently reported for The newly recorded species for Bulgaria: Bulgaria from few other localities at the coastal area of the country by GEORGIEV (2017b). Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) Material examined: 15.09.2017, Central Neopsocus rhenanus Kolbe, 1882 Bulgaria, Stara Planina Mts., near village of Material examined: 14.06.2017, SW Bulgaria, Chiflika, brunches of Fagus sylvatica and Ulmus Kresna Gorge, village of Stara Kresna, N41° 47 sp., N42° 49' 30.7" E24° 32' 34.4", 800 m a.s.l., E23° 10', 630 m a.s.l., under stone, 1 ♀ nymph, 1 ♀, coll. by sweep netting, O. Todorov leg., D. 1 ♂ nymph, coll. by hand, O. Todorov leg., D. Georgiev det., coll. Georgiev det., coll.

© Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. P3lo1vdiv Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv http://rnhm.org/en/ University of Plovdiv Publishing House Reports of Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) and Lachesilla quercus (Kolbe, 1880) in Bulgaria...

The species was previously reported for References Bulgaria by LIENHARD (1998) without an exact GEORGIEV D. 2017a. New Barkfly records locality. from Bulgaria (Insecta: Psocoptera). Klapalekiana, 53: 7-9. Psocus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1761) GEORGIEV D. 2017b. Little known and newly Material examined: 24.08.2017, Stara recorded species of Psocoptera in Planina Mts., near Uzana Hut, Fagus sylvatica Bulgaria. Ecologica Montenegrina, 11: 74- forest, caught from the hand of O. Todorov, 79. N42° 45' E25° 14', 1 ♀, coll. by hand, O. LIENHARD C. 1998. Psocoptères euro-méditerranées. Todorov leg., D. Georgiev det., coll. Faune de 83, Fédération The species was very recently reported for Francaise des Sociétés de Sciences Bulgaria from one locality in Pirin Mts. Naturelles, Paris, 517 p. (GEORGIEV, 2017b).

Cuneopalpus cyanops (Rostock, 1876) Material examined: 12.08.2017, West Rhodopes Mts., near Boykovo Village, N41° 59' 56.4'' E24° 37' 17.5'', 1100 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, coll. by sweep netting, O. Todorov leg., D. Georgiev det., coll. The species was very recently reported for Bulgaria from one locality in Sarnena Gora Mts. Accepted: 13.10.2017 (GEORGIEV, 2017a). Published: 21.10.2017

Fig. 1. The specimen of Caecilius fuscopterus (Latreille, 1799) collected. Photographed in ethanol, 25x.

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