AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightNowadays, the complex of longhorn beetles in Bulgarian and Turkish parts of Strandzha Mt. includes 121 and 79 taxa, respectively.
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Abstract
During the period 2004-2011, the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Strandzha were collected and studied in Bulgarian and Turkish parts of the mountain. Unidentified biological materials were also investigated in four entomological collections in Sofia in Bulgaria: Forest Research Institute; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research; National Museum of Natural History; University of Forestry. As a result, 76 taxa of longhorn beetles from four subfamilies were identified: Prioninae (one species); Lepturinae (12 species and 12 subspecies), Cerambycinae (nine species and 10 subspecies) and Lamiinae (20 species and 12 subspecies). In Bulgarian part of Strandzha 61 taxa (36 species and 25 subspecies) were found, and in Turkish part 32 taxa (17 species and 15 subspecies). Thirteen taxa (six species and seven subspecies) are new records for Bulgarian part of Strandzha Mountain, and 22 taxa (11 species and 11 subspecies) are new recorods for Turkish part. Six taxa were found for first time and are new records for European part of Turkey: Agapanthia (Homoblephara) maculicornis maculicornis (Gyllenhal, 1817), Dorcadion (Cribridorcadion) pedestre pedestre (Poda von Neuhaus, 1761), Phytoecia (Helladia) praetextata praetextata (Steven, 1817), Phytoecia (Phytoecia) pubescens Pic, 1895, Phytoecia (Pilemia) hirsutula hirsutula (Frölich, 1793) and Stictoleptura (Maculileptura) maculicornis (DeGeer, 1775). Nowadays, the complex of longhorn beetles in Bulgarian and Turkish parts of Strandzha Mt. includes 121 and 79 taxa, respectively.