Bulletin of the Natural History Museum - Plovdiv Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Plovdiv, 2017, vol. 2: 29-30 Short note

Two Species from the genus Motschulsky, 1852 - New to the Fauna of Bulgaria Found in the Building of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv (Insecta: )

Dilian G. Georgiev1,2*

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. Four specimens of Liposcelis decolor (Pearman, 1925) and one Liposcelis corrodens (Heymons, 1909) were collected from the floor beneath entomological boxes stored at the attic of the Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, N42° 8' 56.55" E24° 44' 34.34" on 22.02.2017. These species were not known from Bulgaria till now.

Key words: stored product pest, Booklice, distribution.

Introduction 22.02.2017. They were firstly softened in The synanthropic psocids (Insecta: ethanol and after mounted on microscope Psocoptera) are common stored product pests slides with glycerin for identification. Materials often occurring in stores and other buildings in were deposited in the collection of the author. the human settlements. Most of these species and species determinations followed are representatives of the genus Liposcelis LIENHARD (1998). Also OPIT et al. (2016) and a Motschulsky, 1852 from the family small reference collection of Liposcelis species (LIENHARD, 1998). In Bulgaria were used. only the species Liposcelis divinatoria (Müller, 1776) was mentioned in the literature for the Results regions of Sofia City and village of Zlataritsa Liposcelis decolor (Pearman, 1925) (POPOV, 1948; DRENSKY, 1953; GIESE, 1964) Material examined: 22.02.2017, Bulgaria, but this name is considered now as a nomen Upper Thracian Lowland, Plovdiv City, The dubium (LIENHARD, 1990). So, the systematic attic of the Regional Natural History Museum – position of the synanthropic psocids in the Plovdiv, beneath entomological boxes, N42° 8' country is not known. In this short note I 56.55" E24° 44' 34.34", 5 dead, dry specimens, report the species identity of few Liposcelis D. Georgiev leg., det., coll. (Fig. 1: 1). specimens collected in the building of the The species was not known from Bulgaria Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv. till now (LIENHARD, 2016; JOHNSON & SMITH, 2017). Material and Methods Five dead Liposcelis specimens were Liposcelis corrodens (Heymons, 1909) collected from the floor beneath entomological Material examined: 22.02.2017, Bulgaria, boxes stored at the attic of the Regional Upper Thracian Lowland, Plovdiv City, The Natural History Museum – Plovdiv on attic of the Regional Natural History Museum – © Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. P2lo9vdiv Regional Natural History Museum – Plovdiv http://rnhm.org/en/ University of Plovdiv Publishing House Two Species from the genus Liposcelis Motschulsky, 1852 - New to the Fauna of Bulgaria ... Plovdiv, beneath entomological boxes, N42° 8' Francaise des Sociétés de Sciences 56.55" E24° 44' 34.34", 1 dead, dry specimen, Naturelles, Paris, 517 p. D. Georgiev leg., det., coll. (Fig. 1: 2). LIENHARD C. 2016. Country checklists of the The species was not known from Bulgaria Psocoptera species of the world, till now (LIENHARD, 2016; JOHNSON & SMITH, extracted from Lienhard & Smithers, 2017). 2002: "Psocoptera (Insecta) – World Catalogue And Bibliography". Psocid References News, Special Issue I, 123 p. DRENSKY P. 1953. On the distribution of the OPIT G., J. THRONE, K. FRIESEN. 2016. Stored- Order Copeognatha (Insecta) in Product Psocid Identification Website. Bulgaria. Izvestia na Zoologicheskia Institut Available at: http:// www.ars.usda.gov/plains- s Muzei, BAS 2: 377-381 (In Bulgarian). area/mhk/cgahr/spieru/docs/psocid-id- GIESE B. 1964. Ergebnisse der Albanien- introduction/(Accessedon23February2017). Expedition 1961 des Deutschen POPOV V. 1948. Stored product and material Entomologischen Institutes. Beiträge zur pests in Bulgaria and the fight against Entomologie, 14 (3/4): 245-249. them. Nauchno populyarna poreditsa, BAS, JOHNSON P., V. SMITH. 2017. Species Liposcelis Sofia, 5 (In Bulgarian). decolor (Pearman, 1925). In: Psocodea species file online version 5.0/5.0. Available at: http://Psocodea.SpeciesFile.org (Accessed on 23 February 2017). Lienhard C. 1990. Revision of the Western Palaearctic species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Zoologische Jahrbucher (Abteilung Systematik), 117: 117- 174. LIENHARD C. 1998. Psocoptères euro-méditerranées. Accepted: 16.03.2017 Faune de France 83, Fédération Published: 21.10.2017

Fig. 1. The Liposcelis species registered during present study compared with other ones collected from natural habitats in Bulgaria by the author: 1 – L. decolor, 2 – L. corrodens, 3 – L. priesneri Enderlein, 1925, 4 – L. pearmani Lienhard, 1990; 5 – L. silvarum (Kolbe, 1888); 6 – L. meridionalis (Rosen, 1911) (25x, scale bar approx. 1 mm).

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