A Further New Steppe Ground Beetle Species for the Bulgarian Fauna: Amara (Parapercosia) taurica (Motschulsky, 1845) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Аppeared in the Karst Refugium of the Chepan Planina Mountain
Journal: Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
Year: 2024

Amara (Parapercosia) taurica (Motschulsky, 1845) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is a rare ground beetle found sporadically through the virgin steppes of Southeastern Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan and the south of Western Siberia. This study reports the first record of this steppe species in Bulgaria. One male specimen was collected by a pitfall trap in the Chepan Planina Mountain (part of the Western Stara Planina Mts.) in central-western Bulgaria, in the period July–September 2023. In addition,