North-Western Journal of Zoology 2020, vol.16 (2) - Correspondence: Notes 231 due to differences in sampling design and collection meth- Máté Zsolt OTÁRTICS, Vilmos ALTBÄCKER ods used. Further, state-of-the-art tools and deliberately and Sándor FARKAS planned international cooperation projects could be used to achieve more accurate results in the future. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agri- cultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Guba Sándor út. 40. Kaposvár, Hungary Acknowledgements. We acknowledge the financial support of * Corresponding author, M. Zs. Otártics, E-mail: [email protected] Széchenyi 2020 under the EFOP-3.6.3-VEKOP-16-2017-00008, EFOP- 3.6.2-16-2017-00014, EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00007, ÚNKP 19-3-1 and No. 785427112578 project of Doctoral School in Animal Science, Kaposvár University. 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(2008): The occurrence of the dipterans (Insecta: Diptera) in Bucuresti Asia (Caucasus, West Siberia) (Löbl & Löbl 2017). Sibero- and its surroundings. Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 51: 417-442. European chorotype (Barševskis 2007). Ecology: Mesoxerophilous. Mainly in dry, sedulous habi- Key words: Tabanus, Haematopota, H-trap, canopy-trap, equestrian tats; typical and indicative for the species complex that lives farm, weather conditions. in lichens and heather (Barševskis 2001); dwarf shrub heaths and rough grassland up to the summits of mountains; more Article No.: e207102 Received: 11. December 2019 / Accepted: 20. June 2020 rarely in coniferous forests. Available online: 30. June 2020 / Printed: December 2020 Notes: Notiophilus germinyi has not been listed for Roma- nia in the last edition of the Catalogue of the Palaearctic Car- abidae. However, it is reported from several points in Ro- mania (Merkl 2008). 232 North-Western Journal of Zoology 2020, vol.16 (2) - Correspondence: Notes Brachinus (Brachynidius) bodemeyeri Apfelbeck, 1904 Microlestes apterus Holdhaus, 1904 Material examined: 1♀, NW Viișoara, N 46°36'08'', E Material examined: 1♂, N Călărași, N 46°29'43'', E 23°51'14'', 23°53'15'', 429 m a.s.l., oilseed rape field, 13.VI–05.VII.2017. 390 m a.s.l., oilseed rape field, 04–24.V.2017; 1♀, N Călărași, World distribution: Southern and South-Eastern Europe, N 46°29'33'', E 23°51'18'', 383 m a.s.l., pasture, 14.VI– Asia Minor to Central Asia, the Mediterranean countries, 06.VII.2017. spread from Spain to the Caucasus (Löbl & Löbl 2017). World distribution: Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of North Ecology: Salty lake banks and coasts; forest edges and Macedonia and Lebanon (Löbl & Löbl 2017). regions with steppe vegetation; dry slopes with dense grass Ecology: Mesoxerophilous, found in open habitats – dry vegetation, at the foot of the mountains; abandoned fields, and mesic meadows, pastures (Teofilova et al. 2012). under stones (Teofilova et al. 2012, Forcke 2017). Notes: This is the first country record of Microlestes apter- Notes: This is the first country record of Brachinus us in Romania. bodemeyeri in Romania. This study contributes to the knowledge of the Romanian Ophonus (Metophonus) brevicollis (Audinet-Serville, 1821) ground beetle fauna by adding new species, which are not Material examined: 1♀, W Borșa, N 46°55'58'', E 23°38'39'', included for Romania either in the last edition of the Cata- 400 m a.s.l., oilseed rape field, 15.VI–07.VII.2017. logue of the Palaearctic Coleoptera or in the Internet data- World distribution: Western, Southern and Eastern Eu- bases. rope and in Asian Turkey, and for the Balkans it is recorded from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Republic of North Acknowledgement. The present study was carried out thanks to the Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia (Ćurčić et al. 2007, Chehla- financial aid and in parallel with the implementation of the Project BiodivERsA-FACCE2014-47 “SusTaining AgriCultural ChAnge rov et al. 2016, Löbl & Löbl 2017). Through ecological engineering and Optimal use of natural Ecology: Open habitat species occurring in different resources (STACCATO)”, supported by a grant of the Romanian types of grasslands (Taboada et al. 2006). National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CCCDI– Notes: Ophonus brevicollis has not been listed for Roma- UEFISCDI, project code ERA-FACCE-STACCATO-3. The material nia in the last edition of the Catalogue of the Palaearctic Car- was collected by Dr Tibor Hartel. Special thanks to Dr Borislav abidae. However, it is often reported from Romania (I. Mát- Guéorguiev (National Museum of Natural History – BAS, Sofia, hé Jr., Cluj-Napoca, pers.