Mario Langourov

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | BAS · National Museum of Natural History Sofia

During a brief visit of Alonnisos Island in 2022 some insect species (mainly butterflies) were observed and photographed. Three of them are new for the island’s fauna - the giant Asian mantis Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869, western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910, millet skipper Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, [1821]). Th...

The first record of Aradus bimaculatus Reuter, 1872 in Bulgaria and on the Balkan Peninsula is reported with data on the habitats and the true bug assemblage in the region during the collection period (end of February - end of March).

Antarctica peninsula periphery islands undergo one of the most dramatic ecological changes due to ongoing global warming. The front fields of the Antarctic glaciers are extreme environments and pioneering sites for ecological succession. Rising temperatures lead to deglaciation in the Antarctic habitats, and the new terrain is subjected to the proc...

A field guide to the butterflies of Bulgaria.

Two hundred and one species of the family have been established on the territory of the Vitosha Mt. The genera Gymnoptera, Peromitra, Plectanocnema and Tubicera have been recorded for the first time on the Balkan Peninsula and Menozziola - in Bulgaria. Sixty-nine species are new for the Balkan Peninsula and additional thirty-two - for Bulgaria. On...

The paper presents results of a brief entomological surveys carried out in the southern parts of Lemnos Island in 2016, 2017 and 2019. It includes a list of 14 recorded species of butterflies, three of which are new for the island.

We present data on the stomach contents and the gross morphology of the fat body in Agile Frogs (Rana dalmatina) from a pond which is an object of a long-termed monitoring. We also provide information on the diet of one female of Lissotriton vulgaris. All of the specimens were found dead during the mating season, when sudden snowfalls and depressio...

The first fossil jewel beetle discovered in Bulgaria is reported from deposits of the Satovcha Basin dated to the Middle Miocene.

The first fossil Diptera of Miocene age and also first fossil Bibionidae discovered in Bulgaria are reported. The presence of relatively many specimens of the genus Plecia without any other Bibionid species is considered to indicate warmer climate than the present in the Rhodope mountains and distinguishes Satovcha Basin from other Middle Miocene-a...

The article presents an addition to the catalogue of types of Papilionoidea, kept at the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia and provides data on three nominal species group taxa of Nymphalidae, described from Greece, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.

This paper comprises a catalogue of the type material of true butterflies (Papilionoidea) kept in the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The collection contains types of nine nominal species group taxa, described by S. Abadjiev, S. Beshkov, I. Buresch, H. Rebel, and K. Tuleschkow. Lectotypes have been...

A new species of Triphleba Rondani is described and illustrated from Kyrgyzstan. We provide data on the sampling site, photos of the new species and brief differential diagnosis to separate from related species. Additionally, another ten species from Kyrgyzstan are reported and shortly discussed. All they are recorded for the first time for Kyrgyzs...

The paper represents results of entomological expedition carried out in the central and southern parts of Armenia in May and June 2018. It includes a list of 124 Lepidoptera species (Papilionoidea) recorded with comments on their distribution. Two species are reported for the first time for the country: Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851) and Plebejus morg...

Two species of the family Lonchaeidae (Lonchaea peregrina and Silba fumosa) are recorded as new to the fauna of Bulgaria and one lonchaeid (Lonchaea affinis) is recorded as new to Montenegro and also to the Balkan Peninsula. With these data the number of the Bulgarian lonchaeids is 5 species and for Montenegro is 3. For the Balkan Peninsula the fam...

In this paper new data on allochtonous and invasive invertebrate species: Arion (Arion) cf. vulgaris Moquin-Tandon 1855, Cornu aspersum (O.F. Muller, 1774), Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773), Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831), Trogoderma variabile Ballion, 1878, Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758), Oxycarenus (s.str.) lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787),...

The paper represents results of surveys carried out in the Western Stara Planina Mts within the last four years in order to improve the knowledge of the butterfly fauna, especially in the Bulgarian part of the mountain. A total of 150 species of Lepidoptera (Papilionoidea) was recorded with comments on their distribution in the Bulgarian part of th...

The book is written to summarize the results of the WEMA project „Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services of Wetlands in Bulgaria“. The project was implemented by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER‐BAS) and was accomplished with the financial support of the BG03 Program „Biodiversity...

Книгата е написана с цел да се обобщят резултатите от проект „Картиране и оценка на екосистемните услуги във влажните зони на България“ (WEMA). Проектът беше изпълнен от Института по биоразнообразие и екосистемни изследвания при БАН (ИБЕИ- БАН) и е осъществен с финансовата подкрепа на Програма BG03 „Биологично разнообразие и екосистеми“, по Финансо...

The paper presents results of an entomological expedition carried out in the southern parts of Kazakhstan in May 2015. This expedition was conducted within a joint team project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The paper...

Inventory of selected groups of the invertebrate fauna in the EUNIS wetland habitat type D5 “Sedge and reedbeds normally without free-standing water” in Bulgaria was carried out. It included 47 localities throughout the country. The surveyed invertebrate groups included slugs and snails (Gastropoda), dragonflies (Odonata), grasshoppers (Orthoptera)...

New records, host associations, damages on oaks and the potential threat of alien oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) to native forests in Bulgaria are reported and briefly discussed.

The present paper reports some new records of the species Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) from certain localities in the Mediterranean part of the South-East Balkan Peninsula, along with data regarding its biology. The collection of the data was done as a part of field work across Bulgaria, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia, as well as from...

The book is written to summarize the results of the WEMA project „Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services of Wetlands in Bulgaria“. The project was implemented by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER‐BAS) and was accomplished with the financial support of the BG03 Program „Biodiversity...

Two cases of fatal myiases on bats are reported, with the first record of myiasis caused by Calliphora vicina on noctule bats in Bulgaria. Myiasis as a factor for increasing mortality of bats are discussed.

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The karyotype and meiosis in males of giant water bug Lethocerus patruelis (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae: Lethocerinae) were studied using standard and fluorochrome (CMA 3 and DAPI) staining of chromosomes. The species was shown to have 2n = 22A + 2m + XY where 2m are a pair of microchromosomes. NORs are located in X and Y chromosomes. Within Belost...

The Grass Jewel, Chilades trochylus (Freyer, [1845]), is reported as new for the Island of Thássos and for the North Aegean islands as a whole. The authors recorded 19 species from the Island of Thássos in September.

New and interesting records of alien true bugs species (Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832), Deraeocoris flavilinea (A. Costa, 1862), Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787), Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910, Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius, 1775), Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Bulgaria are reported. The spread pace of these species in Bul...

A new locality of Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera L.) in Alibotoush (Slavyanka) Mountian, Bulgaria, is reported and briefly described. A review of all Kermes oak localities in Bulgaria is provided, with a bibliography of Kermes oak and its communities in the country.

This article gives faunistical data for 937 Macrolepidoptera species, from the area explored. The group Macrolepidoptera is relatively well explored. Our original data, wich cover the biggest part of the Western Rhodopes was collected in different parts of the region, wich different intensity within over 20 years – period. Diurnal moths were collec...

Fifty-nine species of the family have been established on the territory of the Western Rhodopes. Fourteen species are new for the Balkan Peninsula and additional twenty are new for Bulgaria. Genus Obscuriphora was found for the first time in the Balkan Peninsula and Pseudacteon-in Bulgaria. On the basis of the results it can be concluded that this...

Subfamily Aenigmatiinae is reported for fi rst time to Balkan (Bulgaria and Montenegro) and Apennine Peninsulas (Italy). Information is given about fi nding the species Aenigmatias franzi (Bulgaria and Montenegro) and Aenigmatias lubbockii (Bulgaria and Italy) and their distribution in the Balkans is presented with UTM map. Their altitudinal distri...

The Bulgarian fauna of jewel beetles (Buprestidae) was analyzed according to area similarity and taxonomic structure, and compared to other European and Asian faunas. The Bulgarian fauna of Buprestidae belongs to the South European faunal complex as a part of East Balkan faunal type. The fauna includes 179 species and subspecies belonging to 22 zoo...

Forty-four species of the family Phoridae from the territory of the National Park Biogradska Gora have been reported. All the established species are new for the country; 15 of them are new for the Balkan Peninsula as well. It was for the first time that the genera Anevrina, Conicera, Gymnophora, Metopina and Phora had been established in Montenegr...

Cerambycid fauna (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Eastern Rhodopes was studied in 2001 and 2002. As a result, twenty-two species from three subfamilies were found: 10 from Lepturinae, 5 from Cerambycinae and 7 from Lamiinae. Opsilia molybdaena (Dalman) is a new species for Bulgarian fauna. Fifteen longhorn beetles are new records for Eastern Rhodopes,...

Faunistic data of scuttle flies Triphleba antricola, Triphleba aptina, Triphleba hyalinata, Megaselia fusca, Megaselia halterata, Megaselia longicostalis, Megaselia pleuralis, Megaselia rufipes and Megaselia tenebricola from caves on the territory of the Balkan Peninsula are presented. Seven species are reported with localities both in caves and in...