Contribution to the Bulgarian fauna of Heteroptera 89
Historia naturalis bulgarica,
16: 89-94, 2004
Contribution to the Bulgarian fauna of Heteroptera
Nikolay SIMOV, Michail JOSIFOV
SIMOV N., JOSIFOV M. 2004. Contribution to the Bulgarian fauna of Heteroptera. – Historia
naturalis bulgarica, 16: 89-94.
Abstract.
Among the announced 16 Heteroptera species 7 are new for the Bulgarian fauna. The
presence of another three species on the territory of the country is confirmed. New localities for 6
species collected until now only from single ones are represented as well. The discovery of Phytocoris
minor and Atractotomus marcoi on Pinus nigra is the first data about the biology of these dendrobiont
species in Bulgaria.
Key words:
Faunistics, Heteroptera, Bulgaria
Introduction
The following Heteroptera species are subjects of this work: new ones for the Bulgarian
fauna (in the text they are marked with *) or species announced until now only from a single
locality in Bulgaria or the data on their presence need confirmation.
The position of the localities is given in UTM code (UTM Zones 34, 35). The feeding
plant or the habitat, where the insect was collected, is represented as well if there are enough
data available. The method of collection is mentioned only if it differs from mowing with an
entomological net or beating the tree branches with a net for dendrobiont species. The material
is deposited in the authors’ collections in the National Museum of Natural History and in the
Institute of Zoology.
Species account
CERATOCOMBIDAE
Ceratocombus (s. str.) coleoptratus (Zetterstedt, 1819)
Material examined: Bulgaria NG 45, Strandzha Mts. 80 m alt., near Veleka River, Kachul
Site, wet meadow, pitfall traps, 01.10-16.11.2000, 3 ††, leg. N. Kodzhabashev & M. Langourov;
Bulgaria GL 09, Southern Pirin Mt., 450 m alt., SE slope of Sveti Iliya Hill, near v. Kalimantsi,
communities of Quercus coccifera, pitfall traps, 01.06-22.06.2002, 1 ‡, leg. M. Langourov.
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Notes:
Until now this species has been announced for Bulgaria without any data on its
locality (STICHEL, 1960). This West Euro-Siberian one is found on the Balkan Peninsula in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Macedonia as well (KERZHNER, 1995).
CORIXIDAE
* Micronecta (s. str.) carpatica Wróblewski, 1958
Material examined: Bulgaria LF 78, Eastern Rhodopes Mts. 450m alt., v. Ribino, a Karst
spring in Talashman Dere Protected Site, 18.06.2000, 17 †† & ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Notes:
An European species. For the territory of the Balkan Peninsula it is known from
Greece as well (POLHEMUS et al., 1995).
Micronecta (s. str.) poweri poweri (Douglas et Scott, 1869)
Material examined: Bulgaria FP 51, Western Balkan Mts. 500 m alt., Prevalska River near
v. Prevala, 18.07.2000, 11 ††, 15 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Note:
A West Euro-Siberian species announced for Bulgaria without locality (STICHEL,
1956).
SALDIDAE
Saldula c-album (Fieber, 1859)
Material examined: Bulgaria FN 81, Vitosha Mt. 1900 m alt., Reserve Torfen Rezervat,
Gorno Blato Site, 13.07.1984, 2 † & ‡, leg. M. Josifov.
Note:
A Boreo-Montane species announced for Bulgaria without locality (STICHEL,
1960).
*
Salda muelleri (Gmelin, 1790)
Material examined: Bulgaria FN 91, Vitosha Mt. 1800 m alt., near the Fizkulturnik hut,
13.07.1984, 5 †† & ‡‡, leg. M. Josifov.
Note:
A Boreo-Montane species announced for Bulgaria on the basis of an incorrectly
determined material from Rila Mt. (JOAKIMOV, 1922).
MICROPHYSIDAE
* Myrmedobia jakovlevi Péricart, 1969
Material examined: Bulgaria FM 71, Strouma River Valley, 170-240 m alt., 2 km SE of v.
Kamenitsa, communities of Quercus coccifera, pitfall traps, 27.09-02.11.2002, 1 ‡, leg. M.
Langourov.
Notes:
The species is new for the fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Up to now it has been
known from Crimea and Georgia (PÉRICART, 1972, 1996a). Probably the species is Ponto-
Mediterranean.
*
Myrmedobia exilis (Fallén, 1807)
Material examined: Bulgaria FN 81, Vitosha Mt. 1800 m alt., Platoto, on Picea abies,
08.08.1999, 1 ‡, leg. N. Simov.
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Notes:
An Euro-Siberian species. Until now it has been announced for the territory of the
Balkan Peninsula from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia (PÉRICART, 1972, 1996a).
MIRIDAE
Phytocoris (Exophytocoris) minor Kirschbaum, 1856
Material examined: Bulgaria GM 03, Pirin Mt. 1160 m alt., Chalin Valog Site, on Pinus
nigra, 10.08.2002, 6 ††, 5 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov; Bulgaria GM 03, Pirin Mt. 1040 m, Ravno Bore
Site, on Pinus nigra, 23.08.2002, 1 †, 2 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Notes:
For the first time in Bulgaria this species was collected in Kresna Gorge on UV
light (JOSIFOV, 1986b). Its discovery on Pinus nigra is the first data about the biology of this
North-Mediterranean species in the country.
Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877
Material examined: Bulgaria NG 75, Black Sea Coast, v. Sinemoretz, near the outflow of
Veleka River, 22.06.1991, 2 † & ‡, leg. M. Josifov.
Notes:
The announcements for Bulgaria of this Ponto-Mediterranean species are from
Sliven (HORVÁTH, 1890) and from Slavyanka Mt. (DRENOWSKI, 1937), but the material
is lost and the determination is doubtful.
* Pinalitus viscicola (Puton, 1888)
Material examined: Bulgaria NG 58, Black Sea Coast, 7 km N of Primorsko, Arkutino
Protected Site, on Viscum album on Acer sp., 12.09.2002, 29 ††, 21 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Note:
A West-Palaearctic species known for the Balkan Peninsula from Macedonia,
Slovenia and Croatia (KERZHNER & JOSIFOV, 1999).
Cremnocephalus albolineatus Reuter, 1875
Material examined: Bulgaria FM 82, Kresna Gorge 450 m alt.,v. Stara Kresna, Hladkata
Banya thermal spring, on Pinus nigra, 27.05.2001, 1 †, 2 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Notes:
The species is announced for Bulgaria from the Rhodopes Mts. on Pinus sylvestris
(JOSIFOV, 1980). Its relation to the genus Pinus, as well as its discovery at so low altitude on
the Mediterranean species Pinus nigra, makes us to consider its origin as Mediterranean and
the concept of its affiliation to the Boreo-Montane group (JOSIFOV, 1986a; BRÄNDLE &
RIEGER, 1999) as incorrect.
Atractotomus marcoi Carapezza, 1982
Material examined: Bulgaria GM 03, Pirin Mt. 1160 m alt., Chalin Valog Site, on Pinus
nigra, 10.08.2002, 1 †, 3 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov; Bulgaria KG 21, Western Rhodopes Mts. 1200m
alt., Reserve Kastrakli, on Pinus nigra, 12.08.2002, 1 †, leg. N. Simov; Bulgaria GM 03, Pirin
Mt. 1040 m alt., Ravno Bore Site, on Pinus nigra, 23.08.2002, 1 ‡, leg. N. Simov.
Notes:
For the first time the species is collected in Bulgaria in Kresna Gorge on UV light
(JOSIFOV, 1993). It is found on Pinus laricio in its locus typicus (CARAPEZZA, 1982). Its
discovery on Pinus nigra is the first data about the biology of this Ponto-Mediterranean
dendrobiont species in Bulgaria.
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ANTHOCORIDAE
*
Tetraphleps bicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)
Material examined: Bulgaria FN 82, Vitosha Mt. 1800 m alt., Dolno blato Site near
Planinarska pesen hut, on Larix decidua, 22.09.1999, 1 †, 2 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov.
Note:
This Boreo-Montane species is known for the Balkan Peninsula also from Slovenia
and Croatia (PÉRICART, 1972, 1996b).
Cardiastethus nazarenus Reuter, 1884
Material examined: Bulgaria NG 76, Black Sea Coast, v. Lozenetz, on strobiles of Cupresus
sempervirens, 06.09.2002, 3 ††, 2 ‡‡, leg. N. Simov; Bulgaria NG 58, Black Sea Coast, 7 km
N of Primorsko, Arkutino Protected Site, on Viscum album on Acer sp., 12.09.2002, 2 ††, leg.
N. Simov.
Note:
A Holomediterranean species collected in Bulgaria on Tamarix sp. in Sandanski-
Petrich Kettle (GÖLLNER-SCHEIDING & ARNOLD, 1988).
REDUVIIDAE
*
Stenolemus novaki Horváth, 1888
Material examined: Bulgaria LG 24, Central Rhodopes Mts. 550 m alt., Asenova Krepost
Site, 04.06.1989, 1 †, leg E. Heiss.
Note:
Up to now the species was known for the Balkan Peninsula from only from its terra
typica in Dalmatia (PUTSHKOV & PUTSHKOV, 1996).
Rhynocoris punctiventris (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
Material examined: Bulgaria KH 18, Pre-Balkan Area, v. Reselets, 01.07-12.07.1996, 15
††
, 10 ‡‡, leg. M. Josifov.
Note:
A Ponto-Mediterranean species. Its locality in Reselets is on the extreme north of
its distribution in the Balkan Peninsula (JOSIFOV, 1986a; PROTIĆ 1998), considerably far
from the other known localities in Bulgaria (JOSIFOV, 1964). Apparently the microclimatic
conditions in this karst region are favorable for this isolated population.
Acknowledgements
We thank the National Council “Scientific Investigations” – Grant - No B-MU-11-06/01,
for their financial support, which gave us the opportunity to collect some of the materials
and
Dr. A. Georgieva for her help in the English translation.
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Received on 01.04.2003
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Authors’ addresses:
Nikolay Simov
Dr. Michail Josifov
National Museum of Natural History
Institute of Zoology
Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1
Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: simov@nmnh.bas.bg
Принос към хетeроптерната фауна на България (Insecta: Heteroptera)
Николай СИМОВ, Михаил ЙОСИФОВ
(Р е з ю м е)
От съобщените 16 вида хетероптери, 7 са нови за българската фауна. Други три вида са
потвърдени за страната. За шест вида, известни досега само от едно находище, са посочени
нови такива. Дендробионтните хетероптери Phytocoris minor и Atractotomus marcoi са установени
по Pinus nigra, което представлява първи опит за изследване на биологията на тези видове в
България.
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