cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Monomorium
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Monomorium

description: Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Fig. 11
Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti, 1996. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 342. (Oman).
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island: 11 ☿☿, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34N 54°02E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2084, NHCY, CCC; 8 ☿☿, Goeeh, 12°32'N 54°10'E, 240 m, 23.X.2000, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2085, NHCY, CCC.
Remarks: This minute yellow species has been described from Yemen and Oman and is very similar to a group of Afrotropical Monomorium species with 11-segmented antennae, including M. exiguum Forel, 1894, which in itself is probably an amalgamate of sibling species (Bolton 1987). It differs from M. exiguum by the flatter ventral head surface and longer scapes (SI 85-91 compared to 74-84). Like other species of the M. monomorium-group sensu Bolton (1987), particularly those with reduced eyes, M. baushare apparently inhabits leaf litter or topsoil.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on page 484, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Monomorium destructor
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Monomorium
Monomorium destructor

description: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) Fig. 10
Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851. - Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 105. (India).
Monomorium destructor. - COLLINGWOOD & VAN HARTEN 1994: 39.
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Adho Dimello, III.1967, K.M. Guichard, NHMB; spms from Mouri, IV.1997, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Farmihin, 24.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Diasma, 30.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; nest sample, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34'N 54°02'E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2079, NHCY; spms from Mogasu, 03.III.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR; 7 ☿☿, Wadi Daneghan, 12°37'N 54°04'E, 90 m, pitfall traps, 28-30.X.2000, A. van Harten & H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2081, NHCY. - Yemen, Abd al-Kuri Island: many ☿☿, west coast, 12°10'N 53°15E, above 200 m, 18.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2080, NHCY.
Remarks: As another commonly transferred species, M. destructor has been particularly successful in south-east Asia and on islands throughout the tropics. Recent sampling has proved it also to be common in Arabia (Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Its origin is probably the Indian subcontinent. Larger colonies may contain several sizes of workers. They usually have yellowish alitrunks and darker gasters.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on page 484, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Monomorium
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Monomorium

description: Monomorium sp. prope qarahe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island: 2 ☿☿, Diksam, camp, 12°31N 53°57E, 26-27.X.2000, A. van Harten, HLMD-Hym-2086, NHCY.
Measurements and indices: AL 0.48 mm, HL 0.45 mm, HW 0.31 mm, SL 0.26 mm, CI 69, SI 84.
Description: Mandibles unsculptured with three teeth, antennae 12-segmented with enlarged apical club. Clypeus with concave front margin, occiput mildly concave, eyes small (diameter 0.22 times the HW). Alitrunk with distinct metanotal groove, petiole with somewhat flattened dorsum, a ventral bulge and a long anterior peduncle. Vertex with four hairs, pronotum with two dorsal hairs. Colour brownish yellow, shining with reduced sculpture.
Remarks: Only two specimens were available of this Monomorium species of the M. monomorium-group sensu Bolton (1987). As M. baushare, it could be accommodated in the vaguely defined M. boerorum-complex, but unlike the previous species it has 12-segmented antennae. There may be relations also to the species of the M. mediocre -complex of the M. salomonis -group which grade into the M. monomorium-group. A worker very similar to the two treated here was taken by A. van Harten and A. Sallam in a Malaise trap at Lahj near Aden (Yemen). Apparently these specimens are not referable to any species described from Africa or Arabia. Monomorium qarahe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 from the Asir Mountains in Saudi Arabia, also known from only two workers, appears to be most similar but is somewhat larger.
The samples available are altogether insufficient for definite appraisal at the present time, therefore this species is omitted from Table 1 and the discussion of zoogeographic affinities of the ants of Socotra.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on pages 484-485, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Monomorium mayri Forel 1902
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Monomorium
Monomorium mayri

description: Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902
Monomorium gracillimum var. mayri Forel, 1902. - Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 209. (India).
Monomorium mayri. - COLLINGWOOD & VAN HARTEN 1994: 39.
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Hadibo, 13-14.IV.1993, A. van Harten, CCC; spms from Nojid, 16.IV.1993, A. van Harten, CCC; spms from Wadi Daneghan, 04.X.1998, A. van Harten, CCC; spms from Hasaant, X.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Diksam, X.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; 1 ☿, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34'N 54°02'E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, NHCY; spms from Hadibo, 04.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Wadi Daneghan, 19.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR; 1 ☿, Goeeh, 12°32'N 54°10'E, 240 m, 23.X.2000, A. van Harten, NHCY; 1 ☿, Diksam, camp, 12°31N 53°57 E, 26-27.X.2000, A. van Harten, HLMD-Hym-2082; 1 ☿, Hadibo and immediate surroundings, 12°37N 54°01'E, 20.X.-01.XI.2000, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2083. - Yemen, Samha Island: spms from coastal area, 15.II.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR.
Remarks: This species is distinguished from M. destructor only by the evenly dark colour in all individuals. The Socotran samples are of single or few specimens, and a few individuals thus coloured are present in larger M. destructor nest samples. It is hence possible that the M. mayri records from Socotra in fact refer to M. destructor, or even that these species are really synonymous. A study on more samples of different provenance will be necessary to clarify the situation. Records of M. mayri originate generally from the same geographical areas as those of M. destructor, though M. mayri has been collected more commonly in the northern Ethiopian Region.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on page 484, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Paratrechina longicornis
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Paratrechina
Paratrechina longicornis

description: Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
Formica longicornis Latreille, 1802. - Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis: 113. (Senegal).
Paratrechina longicornis. - COLLINGWOOD & VAN Harten 1994: 39.
Fig. 14
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island: spms from Hadibo, 13-14.IV.1993, A. van Harten, CCC; spms from Farmihin, 24.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Dimere, 25.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Hasaant, X.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Diksam, X.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; ~ 40 ☿☿, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34'N 54°02'E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2092, NHCY; spms from Hadibo, 15.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Nojid, Dijoub Cave, 16.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR; 2 ☿☿, Wadi Daneghan, 12°37'N 54°04'E, 90 m, pitfall traps, 28-30.X.2000, A. van Harten & H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2093, NHCY. - Yemen, Samha Island: spms from coastal area, 15.II.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR. - Yemen, Abd al-Kuri Island: spms from coastal plain, 18.11.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR.
Remarks: This is probably the most widely distributed pantropical tramp species, often becoming abundant in highly disturbed habitats. Its native distribution is uncertain but may in fact be the Afrotropical Region. The workers are narrow-bodied ants with very fast, erratic movements ("crazy ant"). They are generally non-aggressive and opportunistic. For building up large population densities they appear to require a resource of Coccoidea which they tend for harvesting their sugary excretions (WETTERER et al. 1999).
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on pages 486-488, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr 1862
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Camponotus
Camponotus acvapimensis

description: Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862 Fig. 16
Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862. - Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 664. (Ghana).
Camponotus acvapimensis. - COLLINGWOOD 1985: 277; COLLINGWOOD & VAN Harten 1994: 39.
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Adho Dimello, IV.1967, K.M. Guichard, NHMB; 6 ☿☿, Diksam Plateau, above camp, 12°32'N 53°59 E, 1000-1200 m, 22-24.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2100, NHCY.
Remarks: This is a dull black ant of moderate size, which is commonly found throughout open forest in tropical Africa and extends to southern Arabia (Collingwood 1985). Hairs are present on the ventral head and on the vertex. Size variation in workers is low, the species appears monomorphic. In contrast, many other species of the genus (including the two others present on Socotra) show extensive size variation and allometric effects, making small and large workers appear very different.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on pages 488-489, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Tapinoma
Tapinoma melanocephalum

description: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) Fig. 13
Formica melanocephala Fabricius, 1793. - Entomologia systematica emendata, T. 2: 353. (French Guiana).
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island: spms from Dirhashas, 28.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR; ~ 20 ☿☿, Hoq, coast plain near cave, 12°36'N 54°21'E, 50-320 m, 05-06.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2088, NHCY; spms from Farmihin, 23.II.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR; spms from Wadi Daneghan, 19.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR; 3 ☿☿, Goeeh, 12°32'N 54°10'E, 240 m, 23.X.2000, A. van Harten, HLMD-Hym-2089, NHCY; 2 ☿☿, Homhil, source with Ficus stand, 12°34'N 54°19'E, 29-30.X.2000, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2090, NHCY.
Remarks: The very small size and its broken dark and pale colour pattern characterise this species. It is a frequent domestic pest in Africa and Arabia, where nests may contain thousands of workers and many queens. Records from natural habitats are rare. The origin of this ant, found in all zoogeographic regions, is unknown. It attends Sternorrhyncha for sugary exudates, and workers are usually seen in long trails to and from a food source.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on page 486, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Camponotus atlantis Forel 1890
Creators: name: Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A.
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Year: 2004
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Camponotus
Camponotus atlantis

description: Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890 Figs 17, 19-20
Camponotus rubripes r. atlantis Forel, 1890. - Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg., C.R. 34: lxiii. (Tunisia).
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island: spms from Farmihin, X.1998, W Wranik, CWWR; spms from Diksam, 21.II.2000, W. Wranik, CWWR.
Remarks: This species is generally common throughout North Africa and Arabia.
description: Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, pp. 473-495 in Fauna of Arabia 20 on page 489, DOI: 0.5281/zenodo.12560
Capraiellus tamaninii Galvagni 1972
Creators: name: Hristov, Georgi H.
name: Chobanov, Dragan P.
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Year: 2016
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Capraiellus
Capraiellus tamaninii

description: Capraiellus tamaninii (Galvagni, 1972)
Figures 9, 23, (for tergite 7 with glandular pit see Galvagni 1972: Figs. 15–16)
New species for the fauna of Bulgaria.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 80): Record only from Alibotoush Mt. in xerothermic scrub karstic rocks with low grass.
Studied material. 7 specimens (5 adults, 2 nymphs).
General distribution. Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 353, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Ectobius balcani Ramme 1923
Creators: name: Hristov, Georgi H.
name: Chobanov, Dragan P.
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Ectobius
Ectobius balcani

description: Ectobius balcani Ramme, 1923
Figures 1, 17, 41, 54
Ectobia albicincta Brun. v. Watt.: 1. Frey-Gessner 1893: 398 • 2. Nedelkov 1908: 414.
Ectobia lapponica subsp. nigra Karny: 3. Ramme 1921: 129.
Ectobia lapponica (Linn.): 4. Drenowski 1936: 251
Ectobia laponica (Linn.) [sic]: 5. Drenski 1939: 7 (partim).
Ectobius lapponicus balcani Ramme: 6. Ramme 1923: 117 • 7. Bey-Bienko 1950: 199.
Ectobius balcani Ramme: 8. Ramme 1951: 36 • 9 Buresch & Peschev 1957: 317 • 10. Peshev 1962: 61 • 11. Peshev & Mařan 1963: 29 • 12. Peshev 1964: 109 • 13. Peshev 1974: 107, 123 • 14. Peshev 1975: 93.
Ectobius balcani Ramme: 15. Princis 1971: 1071 • 16. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 245 • 17. Popov et al. 2001: 116 • 18. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252 • 19. Chobanov 2011: 166.
Notes to the literature data. The record of Ectobia albicincta from Eleni peak, Rila Mts., 2000 m (Frey-Gessner 1893), also mentioned in the publication of Nedelkov (1908), later determined as Ectobius lapponicus morpha erythronota by Buresch & Peschev (1957), probably refers to Ectobius balcani considering the distribution and biology of these species.
Ramme (1923) synonymised Ectobia lapponica subsp. nigra (Vitosha Mt.), with Ectobius lapponicus balcani, which was later considered a valid species by Ramme (1951).
The material from Aliboutoush Mt. reported by Drenowski (1936) as E. lapponica and part of the material from Kresna gorge reported by Drenski (1939) as E. laponica refers to Ectobius balcani considering the distribution and biology of these species.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 72). The species inhabits varied semi-dry to humid habitats from the lowlands to 2300 m alt. but is mainly found in the subalpine and alpine belts. It does not seem to occur to the north of the Stara Planina Mountains. Around the lower limit of distribution it keeps on diverse vegetation (grass-shrub, low vegetation and leaf litter).
Studied material. 1215 specimens (909 adults, 306 nymphs) and 10 oothecae.
General distribution. The distribution range of E. balcani covers the Balkan Peninsula (Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, R Macedonia, Greece), northwards reaching Austria and Hungary, and in the east extending up to the Fore-Caucasus.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on pages 353-354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Ectobius burri Adelung 1917
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name: Chobanov, Dragan P.
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Ectobius
Ectobius burri

description: Ectobius burri Adelung, 1917
Figures 2, 3, 4, 18, 42, 55
Ectobius burri burri Adel.: 19. Karaman & Karaman 1987: 3.
Notes to the literature data. In the paper by Karaman & Karaman (1987), the subspecific diagnostic characters are not clearly defined and thus identification of the concerned taxa is problematic. Therefore the subspecies categories of E. burri were not considered in the present work. From the new collected material from Bulgaria, we found specimens, which were different from the species E. balcani and E. erythronotus and they were similar to the characteristics suggested by Karaman & Karaman (1987), so the species E. burri Adelung was included in the checklist of cockroaches for Bulgaria.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 73): This species usually inhabits high-grass and low-shrub mesomorphic communities from the lowlands to 700 m alt. It keeps in the leaf litter or on the low vegetation, but sometimes climbs to the top of low trees and shrubs.
Studied material. 201 specimens (168 adults, 33 nymphs) and 7 oothecae.
General distribution. E. burri is known from Serbia, R Macedonia, Bulgaria, and North Greece.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Ectobius erythronotus subsp. erythronotus Burr 1898
Creators: name: Hristov, Georgi H.
name: Chobanov, Dragan P.
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Ectobius
Ectobius erythronotus
Ectobius erythronotus erythronotus burr, 1898

description: Ectobius erythronotus erythronotus Burr, 1898
Figures 5, 19, 43, 56
Ectobia livida Fabr.: 1. Frey-Gessner 1893: 398 • 2. Nedelkov 1909: 89.
Ectobia perspicillaris Herbst (= livida Fabr.): 3. Nedelkov 1908: 414.
Ectobius erythronotus Burr: 4. Ramme 1923: 118 • 5. Müller 1933: 77.
Ectobia laponica (Linn.) [sic] — var. pallidа Selys.: 6. Drenski 1939: 7 (partim).
Ectobia panceri Steph.: 7. Drenski 1939: 7.
Ectobius lapponicus morpha erythronota Burr.: 8. Bey-Bienko 1950: 195 –196 • 9. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 314.
Ectobius erythronotus Adel.: 10. Ramme 1951: 38.
Ectobius vittiventris Costa: 11. Peshev 1962: 61 • 12. Peshev & Mařan 1963: 30 • 13. Peshev 1964: 108 (partim) • 14. Peshev 1974: 107, 123 • 15. Peshev 1975: 93 (partim) • 16. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252
Ectobius erythronotus Burr: 17. Princis 1971: 1070.
Ectobius erythronotus erythronotus Burr.: 18. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 247.
Ectobius erythronotus Burr: 20. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252.
Notes to the literature data. The data for Ectobia livida (Frey-Gessner 1893) cited by Nedelkov (1908) as Ectobia perspicillaris Herbst (= livida Fabr.) and later referred to Ectobius lapponicus morpha erythronota by Buresch & Peschev (1957), are assigned to Ectobius erythronotus erythronotus. Specimens corresponding to the records of Ectobia laponica L. — var. pallidа Selys and Ectobia panceri Steph. by Drenski (1939) were found in the NMNH collection and referred to E. erythronotus erythronotus.
Part of the material by Peshev (1962, 1964, 1974, 1975) and Peshev & Mařan (1963) reported as E. vittiventris was found in the collection of the NMNH and identified as E. erythronotus (as was already proposed by f Buresch & Peschev 1957, and later by Popov & Chobanov 2004 for some of the material).
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 74): E. erythronotus inhabits high-grass and low-shrub mesomorphic communities from the lowlands to 1300 m alt. Sometimes males climb to the top of low trees and shrubs. The species may also be found in ruderal areas.
Studied material. 662 specimens (628 adults, 34 nymphs) and 16 oothecae.
General distribution. This species is widespread in Europe reaching in the north to Latvia and eastwards to Anatolia. The species is introduced to the east coast of North America.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on pages 354-355, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Ectobius sylvestris Poda 1761
Creators: name: Hristov, Georgi H.
name: Chobanov, Dragan P.
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Year: 2016
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Ectobius
Ectobius sylvestris

description: Ectobius sylvestris (Poda, 1761)
Figures 7, 21, 45, 58, 66
Ectobia sylvestris Poda: 1. Ramme 1921: 151.
Ectobia laponica [sic] (Linn.): 2. Drenski 1939: 7 (partim).
Ectobius sylvester Poda: 3. Ramme 1951: 38, 78.
Ectobius sylvestris Poda: 4. Bey-Bienko 1950: 200 -203 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 320 • 6. Princis 1971: 1073 • 7. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 229 • 7. Chobanov 2012: 166.
Notes to the literature data. Buresch & Peschev (1957) recorded Ectobius sylvestris for the first time for Bulgaria based on specimens identified by Drenski (1939) as Ectobia laponica [sic]. In agreement with the latter and based on studied material present in NMNH part of the remaining records of E. laponica [sic] by Drenski (1939) (Eastern Rhodope and Rila Mts.) are herewith referred to E. sylvestris.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 75): The species occurs in the subalpine and alpine belts of Stara Planina, Rila, Pirin and Rhodope Mts. An isolated locality is reported from the Black Sea coast (Buresch & Peschev 1957). Usually inhabits deciduous forests with high-grass and low-shrub meso- and xerothermic communities between 400 to1600 m as well as open karstic habitats up to 2000 m, found in leaf litter or on top of low trees and shrubs.
Studied material. 53 specimens (37 adults, 16 nymphs) and 2 oothecae.
General distribution. The species is widespread from Western Europe to eastern Scandinavia and southeastern Europe reaching Asia Minor. The species is introduced to the east coast of North America.
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Ectobius lapponicus Linnaeus 1758
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Ectobius lapponicus

description: Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Figures 6, 20, 44, 57
Blatta laponica (Linn.) [sic]: 1. Yoakimov 1899: 42.
Ectobia lapponica (Linn.): 2. Nedelkov 1908: 414 • 3. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 4. Ramme 1921: 99 -111. Ectobius lapponicus (Linn.): 5. Ramme 1923: 116 • 6. Bey-Bienko 1950: 194 • 7. Ramme 1951: 35, 113, 415 • 8. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 314 • 9. Princis 1971: 1053 • 10. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 244 • 11. Popov et al. 2001: 116 • 12. Chobanov 2011: 166.
Notes to the literature data. Part of the material reported by Drenski (1939) as Ectobia laponica [sic] kept in NMNH is herewith referred to Ectobius sylvestris. The remaining material of E. laponica [sic] by Drenski (1939) was not found and thus is not included in this study, due to the unclear taxonomic status of the specimens. The data and localities of Ectobius lapponicus from Alibotoush Mt, 1400–1700 m (Drenowski 1936), are referred to E. balcani.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 73): Distributed in the lowland and mountainous areas of northern, western and southwestern Bulgaria to 1400 m. Usually occurs in high-grass and low-shrub mesomorphic communities, found on the low vegetation and leaf litter or climb to the top of low trees and shrubs.
Studied material. 138 specimens (129 adults, 9 nymphs) and 1 ootheca.
General distribution. This species is widespread in the Palearctic ecozone, occurring from Western Europe to Eastern Siberia and from Scandinavia to the southern regions of Europe reaching Asia Minor. The species is introduced to the east coast of North America.
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Ectobius vittiventris
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Ectobius vittiventris

description: Ectobius vittiventris (Costa, 1847)
Figures 8, 22, 46, 59
Ectobius vitiventer Costa: 1. Ramme 1951: 37, 42.
Ectobius vittiventris Costa: 2. Peshev 1964: 108 (partim) • 3. Peshev 1975: 93 (partim) • 4. Bey-Bienko 1950: 192 • 5. Princis 1971: 1050 • 6. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 233 • 7. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252.
Notes to the literature data. After the current revision most of the material reported by Peshev (1962, 1964, 1974, 1975) and Peshev & Mařan (1963) as E. vittiventris was referred to E. erythronotus erythronotus.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 75): The species occurs in the southern lowland parts of Bulgaria –Stroma valley and the surrounding mountains, Eastern Rhodope Mts, Strandzha Mts., and along the Black Sea coast up to 1000 m alt. Likely to be found also in Sakar Mt. and the Southern parts of the Upper Thrace Plain. It inhabits deciduous forests and scrubs and keeps in the leaf litter and on the plant branches.
Studied material. 332 specimens (236 adults, 96 nymphs) and 1 ootheca.
General distribution. Apennine and Balkan Peninsula through northern Anatolia to the North Caucasus. In the last decades the species expands its range northwards through Central Europe (Switzerland and Germany). Recently it has been recorded from southwestern Slovakia (Vidlička 2014) and found in Vienna, Austria (Hristov, unp.).
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Phyllodromica carniolica Ramme 1913
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Phyllodromica carniolica

description: Phyllodromica carniolica (Ramme, 1913)
Figures 11, 25, 48, 62, 68, 70
Phyllodromica carniolica Ramme: 1. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 288 (Rila Mts., Vitosha Mt.). Phyllodromica pallida Br. v. W.: 2. Harz 1984: 135.
Notes to the literature data. The records of Phyllodromica pallida from Bulgaria (Harz 1984) were based on material collected from Pirin Mts. and identified by Chládek. After photographic observation of the materials in Chládek’s collection the specimens were referred to Phyllodromica carniolica.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 78): This species occurs mainly in mountainous areas between 200 and 1800 m and is rarely found in lowland areas. Inhabits meso- and xerothermic Oak and Hornbeam forests as well as open stony karstic habitats, lives in leaf litter, in low grass and shrubs.
Studied material. 301 specimens (163 adults, 132 nymphs) and 13 oothecae.
General distribution. The species distribution range covers the Balkan Peninsula and Southwestern Asia.
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Phyllodromica brevipennis Fischer 1853
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Phyllodromica brevipennis

description: Phyllodromica brevipennis (Fischer, 1853)
Figures 10, 24, 47, 61, 67
Aphlebia subaptera Ramb.: 1. Drenski 1939: 8.
Loboptera limbata Charp.: 2 Drenski 1939: 9 (partim).
Hololampra brevipennis Fisch.: 3. Ramme 1951: 113.
Phyllodromica brevipennis Fisch.: 4. Bey-Bienko 1950: 246 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 322 • 6. Peshev & Mařan 1963: 30 • 7. Princis 1971: 1103 • 8. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 275.
Notes to the literature data. The specimens reported by Drenski (1939) as Aphlebia subaptera Ramb. that were found in NMNH are here referred to Phyllodromica brevipennis. Records of Loboptera limbata Charp. (= decipiens Germ.) (Drenski 1939) from Konyavska Mt. are referred to Ph. brevipennis after examination of the available material.
Notes to the studied material. Bulgarian material (as well as that from the mountains of southeastern Albania, R Macedonia and Serbia) generally resembles the typical Ph. brevipennis from the Adriatic coast, but differs in the size and shape of the dark area of the disk of pronotum, and in coloration of tegmina and legs. The known localities are restricted to the mountainous areas. In southern Bulgaria the species occurs usually above 1400 m, while typical Ph. brevipennis is known mostly from the lowland and hilly belt. However, we failed to detect differences in other characters like tergal gland, subgenital plate, stylus, phallomere. Thus, for the moment, we refrain from discussing its taxonomic status.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 77). The species is mostly found in mountainous areas and rarely occurs in the hilly belt. Its range in the country covers northwestern Bulgaria, Middle Stara Planina and its northern foothills and the mountains of southwestern Bulgaria between 650 and 2300 m alt. Ph. brevipennis inhabits mesophytic and mesoxerophytic deciduous forests and mountain meadows where keeps in the leaf litter, within low grass and shrubs.
Studied material. 86 specimens (45 adults, 41 nymphs) and 5 oothecae.
General distribution. The distribution range covers the Apennine Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula (Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, R Macedonia, Greece) to Southwest Asia and Syria. A limited occurrence is known for Austria.
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Phyllodromica marginata Schreber 1781
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Phyllodromica marginata

description: Phyllodromica marginata (Schreber, 1781)
Figures 13, 14, 27, 28, 50, 64
Aphlebia marginata Schreb.: 1. Drenski 1939: 7.
Aphlebia marginata meridionalis Br. v. W.: 2. Drenski 1939: 8. (synonym of Aphlebia marginata var. erythronota Brunn.).
Hololampra marginata Schreb.: 3. Ramme 1951: 113, 324, 415.
Phyllodromica marginata Schreb.: 4. Bey-Bienko 1950: 231 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 320 • 6. Peshev 1962: 61 • 7. Peshev & Mařan 1963: 30 • 10. Princis 1971: 1091 • 11. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 275.
Hololampra marginata Schreb.: 8. Peshev 1964: 109 • 9. Peshev 1974: 123 • 10. Peshev 1975: 94.
Phyllodromica marginata Schreb.: 11. Princis 1971: 1091 • 12. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 275 • 13. Popov et al. 2001: 116 (Kresna gorge, cited Drenski 1939) • 14. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 253.
Notes to the literature data. Occurrence of two colour forms is a common phenomenon within the populations of this species. Based on these differences (variety of the coloration of the pronotum) Brunner von Wattenwyl (1882) describes Aphlebia marginata var. erythronota and Drenski (1939) describes Aphlebia marginata meridionalis. Later on, the latter is synonymized (Harz & Kaltenbach 1 976) but still Aphlebia marginata erythronota is considered a valid taxon (according to the ICZN Article 45.6.3-4. 1999) (Beccaloni 2016), though its conspecificity with Ph. marginata has already been proposed (see Beccaloni 2016). Herewith, we comply with the latter statement and regard Aphlebia marginata erythronota as junior subjective synonym of Ph. marginata.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 79): Distributed in the lowlands of southern Bulgaria and along the Black Sea coast up to 600 m altitude. Inhabits the soil and leaf litter of xerothermic oak forests as well as open stony karstic habitats.
Studied material. 577 specimens (353 adults, 224 nymphs) and 6 oothecae.
General distribution. Ph. marginata is distributed from the Apennine Peninsula, through the Balkans (reaching European Turkey). The species has limited distribution in Romania, Hungary and southern Ukraine.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Loboptera decipiens subsp. decipiens Germar 1817
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Loboptera decipiens
Loboptera decipiens decipiens (germar, 1817)

description: Loboptera decipiens decipiens (Germar, 1817)
Figures 16, 30, 52
Loboptera limbata Charp.: 1. Drenski 1939: 9 (partim).
Loboptera decipiens Germ.: 2. Drenski 1939: 9 • 3. Bey-Bienko 1950: 167 • 4. Ramme 1951: 89, 113, 415 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 314 • 6. Peshev 1962: 61 • 7. Peshev 1964: 109 • 8. Peshev 1974: 123 • 9. Peshev 1975: 94 • 10. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 205 • 11. Popov et al. 2001: 116 • 12. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252 • 13. Chobanov 2012: 166.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 76): The species occurs in the southernmost areas of Bulgaria and along the Black Sea coast up to 600 m altitude. It inhabits xerothermic oak forests and open stony karstic habitats, occurring on the soil within grass tufts and the leaf litter.
Studied material. 602 specimens (500 adults, 102 nymphs) and 6 oothecae.
General distribution. The species distribution range covers the entire Mediterranean region, the southern parts of Europe (in the north to Romania and the Crimea) and Southwestern Asia as far as Kazakhstan in the east.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Phyllodromica pulcherrima Vidlicka & Majzlan 1997
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Phyllodromica pulcherrima

description: Phyllodromica pulcherrima Vidlička & Majzlan, 1997
Figures 15, 29, 51, 65
Phyllodromica pulcherrima Vid. & Maj.: 1. Vidlička & Majzlan. 1997: 171 (endemic for Bulgaria).
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 79): Described from the southern Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. New locality data are herewith reported for the northern Black Sea coast, Eastern Danubian plain, Western Stara Planina Mts., Vitosha Mt., Lozen Mt. and Strandzha Mt. The species occurs between the sea level and 700 m alt. Inhabits grass tussocks in xerothermic and mesohygrophyte meadows with sparse bush and wood vegetation.
Studied material. 156 specimens (55 adults, 101 nymphs) and 3 oothecae.
General distribution. Found only on the territory of Bulgaria.
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Blattella germanica Linnaeus 1767
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Blattella germanica

description: Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Figures 37, 38
Phyllodromia germanica (Linn.): 1. Frey-Gessner E. 1893: 398 • 2. Popov 1941: 54 • 3. Popov 1948: 211.
Blatta germanica (Linn.): 4. Yoakimov 1899: 42.
Blatta transfuga Brün. (= germanica Linn.): 5. Nedelkov 1908: 415.
Blatta germanica (Linn.): 6. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 7. Ilchev 1923: 27 • 8. Tschorbadjiew 1926: 26 • 9. Drenski 1939: 8 • 10. Tuleshkov 1951: 10 • 11. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 310.
Aphlebia germanica (Linn.): 12. Müller 1933: 77.
Blattella germanica (Linn.): 13. Bey-Bienko 1950: 161 • 14. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 199, 202.
Distribution in Bulgaria. Widespread in urban areas.
General distribution. Cosmopolitan with an Asian origin.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Supella longipalpa Fabricius 1798
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Supella longipalpa

description: Supella longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798)
Figures 39, 40
New species for the fauna of Bulgaria.
Distribution in Bulgaria. Synanthropic in some urban areas in Bulgaria, recorded in Sofia and Ruse. Studied material. 12 specimens (10 adults, 2 nymphs).
General distribution. Cosmopolitan in temperate regions with an African origin.
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Polyphaga aegyptiaca Linnaeus 1758
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Polyphaga aegyptiaca

description: Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Figures 31, 32, 53
Polyphaga aegiptica (Linn.): 1. Drenski 1939: 10.
Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Linn.): 2. Bey-Bienko 1950: 292 • 3. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 177, 178 • 4. Popov, Ganev 1983: 67.
Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 80): To date the species is recorded only in the region of Sandanski-Petrich kettle (SW Bulgaria), but its occurrence in the warmest parts of southeastern Bulgaria (Eastern Rhodope Mts. and Sakar Mt.) is not excluded. Inhabits xerothermic grass-shrub habitats on sandy and rocky soils; in daytime usually hides in soil burrows and cracks or land holes.
Studied material. 42 specimens (13 adults, 29 nymphs) and 3 oothecae.
General distribution. The distribution range of the species covers the entire Mediterranean region, the southern parts of Europe and Southwestern Asia, in the east reaching Iran.
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Blatta orientalis Linnaeus 1758
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Blatta orientalis

description: Blatta orientalis Linnaeus, 1758
Figures 33, 34
Stylopyga orientalis (Linn.): 1. Nedelkov 1908: 415 • 2. Nedelkov 1909: 89 • 3. Tschorbadjiew 1926: 25 • 4. Drenski 1939: 9. Periplaneta orientalis (Linn.): 5. Ilchev 1923: 26.
Blatta orientalis (Linn.): 6. Popov 1941: 53 • 7. Popov 1948: 209 • 8. Bey-Bienko 1950: 139 • 9. Ramme 1951: 78, 455 • 10. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 309 • 11. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 190, 192.
Distribution in Bulgaria. Widespread in urban areas.
General distribution. Cosmopolitan. The species possibly has a Central Asian origin.
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Periplaneta americana Linnaeus 1758
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Periplaneta americana

description: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Figures 35, 36
Periplaneta americana (Linn.): 1. Nedelkov 1908: 415 • 2. Drenski 1939: 10 • 3. Bey-Bienko 1950: 118 • 4. Ramme 1951: 414 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 307 • 6. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 194, 196, 202.
Notes to the literature data. Nedelkov (1908) reported this species for the first time for the Bulgarian fauna from the town of Lom (NW Bulgaria). Drenski (1939) recorded the species from another locality (Burgas city).
Distribution in Bulgaria. The distribution of this species in Bulgaria is strictly connected with well heated housing areas in urban regions, recorded in the cities of Sofia, Varna and Razgrad. Due to the overall poor scientific effort in studying the distribution of the cockroaches associated with human dwellings in the country, the distribution of P. americana in Bulgaria appears to be rather restricted. Its rarity in comparison with the other synanthropic species may be due to the specific thermophily of this species.
Studied material. 9 specimens (6 adults, 3 nymphs).
General distribution. Cosmopolitan in temperate regions with an African origin.
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Phyllodromica pallida Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882
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Phyllodromica pallida

description: Phyllodromica pallida (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
Figures 12, 26 49, 63, 69, 71
The records for Phyllodromica pallida from Bulgaria (Harz 1984) were based on material collected from Pirin Mts. and identified by Chládek. After photographic observation of the materials in the Chládek’s collection the specimens were referred to Phyllodromica carniolica (compare the data for the latter species).
This species is widespread on the Balkan Peninsula and is recorded for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Greece. According to own unpublished data (G. Hristov, unp.) the species occurs also in Albania and R Macedonia. Even though Ph. pallida has not yet been recorded, on the territory of Bulgaria, its occurrence in this country is very probable, based on the wide distribution of this species in the adjacent territories. The species usually inhabits meso- and xerothermic Oak and Hornbeam forests and meadows, dwelling within leaf litter, in low grass and shrubs.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Phyllodromica subaptera Rambur 1838
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Phyllodromica subaptera

description: Phyllodromica subaptera (Rambur, 1838)
No confirmed data for the occurrence of this species in Bulgaria exists. Based on the remote range of the species we consider the records for this species in Bulgaria erroneous. The distribution range of this species covers the entire Mediterranean region in a strict sense. One female specimen reported by Drenski (1939) from Konyavska Mt. was found in NMNH and referred to Ph. brevipennis.
The data for Aphlebia graeca Br. v. W. (= Phyllodromica graeca (Br. v. W.)) and Aphlebia subaptera Ramb. (= Ph. subaptera) from Kresna gorge and Strumeshnitsa river, recorded by Drenski (1939) and redetermined by Buresch & Peschev (1957) as Ph. subaptera, are probably based on misidentification and may concern nymphs of Ectobius or Phyllodromica due to the resemblance of adult Ph. subaptera to nymphs of Ectobiinae. Records after Drenski (1939) and Buresch & Peschev (1957) are referring entirely on those publications (Ramme 1951: 113 (as Hololampra subaptera); Princis 1971: 1113; Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 303; Popov et al. 2001: 116). This material was not found in the NMNH collection and thus, the data from the latter localities were not included in the list of localities (see Appendix).
A large part of the materials, collected from Borovets resort (1200 m) by Drenski (1939), was found in NMNH and referred to Ph. brevipennis. Considering the ecological requirements of the species Ph. subaptera, the records from Rila and Golo Bardo Mts. (Drenski 1939) are possibly also misidentified and thus, the data from these localities were not included in the list.
description: Published as part of Hristov, Georgi H. & Chobanov, Dragan P., 2016, An annotated checklist and key to the Bulgarian cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea), pp. 351-388 in Zootaxa 4154 (4) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264825
Megachile (Chalepochile) ardua Mitchell
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Megachile ardua

description: Megachile (Chalepochile) ardua Mitchell
Figures 5C, 11, 12
Megachile ardua Mitchell, 1930: 268 (holotype ♂, examined, ANSP 4124: Chapada dos
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