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Of the Vitosha Mountain ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA Acta zool. bulg., 59 (1), 2007: 33-39 A Contribution to the Pselaphinae Fauna (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Vitosha Mountain Rostislav Bekchiev1*, Maria Shishiniova1 18 Dragan Tsankov Bvld., Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Twenty-three species from subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Vitosha Mountain have been reported. From them 17 species are new to the mountain fauna and one species (Bibloporus mayeti GUILLEBEAU, 1888) is new to the Bulgarian fauna. The total number for the Vitosha Mountain fauna is 24, that is near 23% from all known species of the Bulgarian Pselaphin fauna. Key words: Pselaphinae, faunistics, new locality, Vitosha Mountain, Bulgaria Introduction Material and Methods In Bulgaria subfamily Pselaphinae is poorly known The research was made in different localities in the and there is a lack of regular investigations on it. The Vitosha Mountain (Table 1) from September 2003 to reported total number of species for Bulgaria until November 2003 and from March to November 2004. this moment is about 93 species (LÖBL, BESUCHET The specimens were collected by sifting leaf, soil 2004). and wood litter, samples were taken every month. The area of the Vitosha Mountain is not studied The collected material was placed in a Tullgren or yet and the information for Pselaphinae species is Winkler – Mokzarski extractor. A hand collecting scanty and sporadic. First data about this subfamily under stones, bark and ant nests was made at the were given by RAMBOUSEK (1909), who reported same time. Fifty soil traps were also used. Totally 4 species (Trimium caucasicum KOLENATI, 1846, 623 individuals were collected. Bryaxis ullrichii MOTSCHULSKY, 1851, Bryaxis simo­ All individuals were pinned and the aedeagi ni (REITTER, 1880), Tychus rufus MOTSCHULSKY, of the male specimens were mounted following 1851) and by DRENOVSKI (1942), who added Bythinus the procedure explained by BESUCHET (1957). The sp., too. Later data for pselaphid fauna were given entire collection is preserved in the Departement of by BESUCHET (1999), who described the species Zoology and Anthroplogy, Faculty of Biology, Sofia Dicentrius rousi BESUCHET, 1999. The latest data University. were given by LAPEVA-GJONOVA (2004), who reported The collection material of Musèum d’Histoire another 2 species (Euplectus signatus (REICHENBACH, Naturelle de Genève, (Suisse) – MHNG and the 1816), Trimium puncticeps REITTER, 1880). private collection Peter Hlaváč (Slovakia) – PHC, *Corresponding author 33 Bekchiev R, M. Shishiniova Table 1. Localities and leaf litter samples in the Vitosha Mts. Altitude Locality Leaf litter GPS (m) above Knyazhevo Village 660 Fagus sylvatica N 42°39’062” E 23°14’347” place „Byala voda” 900 Fagus sylvatica N 42°38’515” E 23°13’850” place „Byala voda” - place „Kopitoto” 1100 Fagus sylvatica N 42°38’372” E 23°13’659” place „Kopitoto” 1300 Fagus sylvatica N 42°38’053” E 23°14’389” „Momina skala” Hut 1432 Picea abies N 42°37’708” E 23°14’851” „Tintyava” Hut 1600 Fagus sylvatica N 42°37’067” E 23°15’444” place „Gyoreva cheshma” 1700 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’923” E 23°15’704” „Bor” Hut 1600 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’999” E 23°15’262” place „Zlatnite mostove”-Vladaya Village 1250 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’875” E 23°13’419” above Vladaya Village 970 Fagus sylvatica N 42°37’135” E 23°12’615” above Dragalevtsi Village 910 Fagus sylvatica N 42°37’253” E 23°18’207” above Dragalevtsi Village - place „Bai Krastyo” 1210 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’562” E 23°17’868” place „Bai Krastyo” 1450 Pinus peuce, Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’217” E 23°17’929” place „Bai Krastyo” – „Aleko” Hut 1500 Picea abies N 42°36’028” E 23°17’932” place Bai Krastyo - Aleko Hut 1600 Fagus sylvatica, Salix sp. N 42°35’824” E 23°17’893” „Aleko” Hut 1800 Picea abies N 42°34’704” E 23°17’985” reserve „Bistrishko branishte” 1700 Picea abies N 42°34’452” E 23°18’555” reserve „Bistrishko branishte” 1600 Picea abies N 42°34’349” E 23°18’687” reserve „Bistrishko branishte” 1400 Fagus sylvatica N 42°34’032” E 23°19’116” reserve „Bistrishko branishte” 1300 Fagus sylvatica N 42°34’205” E 23°19’645” Fagus sylvatica, Pinus Zhelezhnitsa Village - place „Brezite” 1100 N 42°31’639” E 23°21’900” silvestris place „Brezite” - place „Yarema” 1200 Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies N 42°30’870” E 23°20’579” place „Yarema” 1300 Fagus sylvatica N 42°30’587” E 23°19’706” near place „Lashkova mogila” 1500 Fagus sylvatica N 42°30’714” E 23°19’059” „Lashkova mogila” - Kechek summit 1600 Fagus sylvatica N 42°30’946” E 23°18’767” Kechek summit 1650 Fagus sylvatica N 42°31’946” E 23°18’767” Kechek Summit - Barite Summit 1634 Fagus sylvatica N 42°31’341’ E 23°19’015” above place „Bukite” 1451 Fagus sylvatica N 42°31’734” E 23°20’331” Zhelezhnitsa Village near the river 1200 Fagus sylvatica N 42°31’975” E 23°21’ 683” near Bosnek Village 900 Fagus sylvatica - Bosnek Village 1000 Fagus sylvatica, Quercus sp. - near „Duhlata” Cave 1000 Fagus sylvatica N 42° 29’777” E 23°11’855” Bosnek Village - Chuipetlovo Village 1000 Fagus sylvatica - Chuipetlovo Village 1300 Fagus sylvatica, Salix sp. - Marchaevo Village 1000 Fagus sylvatica, Quercus sp. N 42° 35’46” E 23°10’02” above Rudartsi Village 976 Fagus sylvatica N 42° 35’23” E 23°10’40” Kladnitsa Village 1100 Fagus sylvatica N 42°34’068” E 23°11’587” Kladnitsa Village – „Selimitsa” Hut 1150 Fagus sylvatica N 42°35’21” E 23°10’56” „Selimitsa” Hut 1240 Fagus sylvatica N 42°34’306” E 23°12’146” „Selimitsa” Hut –„Ostritsa” Hut 1520 Salix sp. N 42°35’172” E 23°12’283” „Rudnichar” Hut 1620 Picea abies N 42°35’357” E 23°13’071” „Rudnichar” Hut- place „Yavorov” 1670 Picea abies N 42°35’615” E 23°13’750” „Radioto” Hut 1550 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’201” E 23°14’064” place „Zlatnite mostove” 1300 Fagus sylvatica N 42°36’539” E 23°14’320” 34 A Contribution to the Pselaphinae... were checked and the data from them were also Bibloporus minutus RAFFRAY,1914 included in this work. New records: Bistritsa Village, in leaf litter of Due to the impossibility to determine the female Picea abies L., 07.3.2003, 1 ♀; between place “Byala exemplars of some species from the genera Bryaxis voda” and place “Kopitoto”, 19.5.2004, under bark KUGELANN, 1974 (11 ex.) and Bythinus LEACH, 1817 of F. sylvatica, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; above place “Byala voda”, (83 ex.), information about them is not mentioned in in rotten wood of old F. sylvatica tree, 31.8.2004, 1 the present article. ♀; under bark, 22.10.2004, 1 ♀. The general distribution of species is given in Distribution: Europe, Asia. alphabetical order by LÖBL, BESUCHET (2004). Trychonix sulcicollis (REICHENBACH, 1816) Varna, Rila Monastery (KARAMAN 1969). Results New record: place “Byala voda”, in pitfall trap, 900 m, 23.06-21.07.2004, 1 ♀. List of Species Distribution: Europe Claviger testaceus PREYSSLER, 1790 Trimium carpathicum SAULCY, 1875 New records: Chuipetlovo Village, under stone Jalna, Osogovo, Sofia (KARAMAN 1967). in Lasius flavus (FABRICIUS,1782) nest, 1300 m, New records: place “Byala voda”, 20.3.2004, 28.4.2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; 29.5.2004, 1 ♂. 2 ♀♀; place “Kopitoto”, 19.5.2004, 1 ♂; 31.8.2004, Distribution: Europe, Asia (Turkey). 2 ♂♂; near hut „Momina skala”, 22.4.2004, 1 ♀; Euplectus kirbii DENNY, 1825 place “Zlatnite mostove”, under trunk, 1300 m, Varna, (KARAMAN 1969). 22.4.2004, 5 ♀♀; „Bistrishko branishte” Reserve, New records: Kladnitsa Village, in rotten wood 23.7.2004, 1 ♂; near „Duhlata” Cave, 28.4.2004, 2 of Populus sp. tree, 1000 m, 02.9.2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; 06.6.2004, 4 ♀♀; in moss, 09.10.2004, 1 05.10.2004, 1 ♀. ♀; near Bosnek Village, in leaf litter of F. sylvatica, Distribution: Europe 900 m, 29.5.2004, 1 ♂; in leaf litter of Quercus sp., Euplectus karstenii REICHENBACH, 1816 03.8.2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; 23.8.2004, 1 ♂; Chuipetlovo Sliven (RAMBOUSEK 1909). Village, 1300 m, 03.8.2004, 3 ♀♀; between Kladnitsa New records: place „Bai Krastyo”, 30.6.2004, Village and „Selimitsa” Hut, 05.10.2004, 1 ♂; above 1 ♂; Kladnitsa Village, in rotten wood of Populus sp. Rudartsi Village, 31.5.2004, 1 ♂; 25.6.2004, 2 ♀♀; tree, 1000 m, 02.9.2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀. Marchaevo Village, 25.6.2004, 1 ♀; 30.7.2004, 2 Distribution: Europe ♀♀; Zheleznitsa Village, place „Brezite”, 03.7.2004, Plectophloeus fischeri( AUBÉ, 1833) 3 ♀♀; 22.9.2004, 1 ♀; in moss, 01.8.2004, 1 ♀; Rila - Borovets, Varna (RAMBOUSEK 1909, 22.9.2004, 1 ♀. KARAMAN 1962, 1969). Distribution: Central and Eastern Europe New records: Vitosha, 1928, 2 ♂♂, leg. Pl. Trimium puncticeps REITTER, 1880 Fodor (MHNG); place „Byala voda”, in moss, 900 Osogovo, Bermakov, Samokov, Trevna m, 01.11.2003, 1 ♀. (KARAMAN 1967), Vitosha – Bistritsa (LAPEVA- Distribution: Europe. GJONOVA 2004). Bibloporus mayeti GUILLEBEAU, 1888 New records: Bistritsa Village, 12.5.2002, 1 New records: Kladnitsa Village, in rotten wood ♀; 02.1.2003, 1 ♀; Boyana Village, 09.3.2003, 1 ♀; of Populus sp. tree,1000 m, 05.10.2004, 1 ♂. Vitosha 05.05.2003, 1 ♀, leg. D. Gradinarov; side Distribution: Europe. of the Boyansko ezero Lake, 08.2.2004, 1 ♀; place 35 Bekchiev R, M. Shishiniova „Byala voda”, 22.10.2003, 1 ♀; in moss, 01.11.2003, Distribution: Central Europe, Ukraine, Mace- 1 ♂; 20.3.2004, 1 ♀; 23.6.2004, 1 ♀; 21.7.2004, 1 donia, Romania, ex Yugoslavia (present Serbia and ♀; 20.10.2004, 1 ♀; Marchaevo Village, 31.5.2004, Montenegro).
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