A checklist and areography of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

Georgi Georgiev; Vladimir Sakalian; Plamen Mirchev; Margarita Georgieva; Sevdalin Belilov

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e93718

A checklist and areography of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Oct 31:10:e93718. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e93718. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Georgi Georgiev¹, Vladimir Sakalian², Plamen Mirchev¹, Margarita Georgieva¹, Sevdalin Belilov¹

Affiliations

¹ Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria.
² Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia Bulgaria.

Abstract

Background: The longhorn beetles fauna of Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria, was studied, based on literature data and original material. As a result, 100 taxa from five subfamilies are listed for the area, as follows: Prioninae (7 taxa), Lepturinae (31 taxa), Spondylidinae (9 taxa), Cerambycinae (28 taxa) and Lamiinae (25 taxa).

New information: This study presents two new records for Pirin Mts. (Oxymiruscursor and Tetropiumfuscumfuscum) and new localities or additional information for 13 cerambycid taxa (species and subspecies). The 100 longhorn beetle taxa belong to 17 zoogeographical categories and eight complexes. The European complex occupies a dominant position (34%), followed by those from Palaearctic (17%), Eurosiberian (15%), Mediterranean (15%), European-Iranoturanian (9%), Balkan endemic (5%) and Holarctic (4%) complexes.

Keywords: Pirin Mountains; cerambycids; chorology; faunistics.

Georgi Georgiev, Vladimir Sakalian, Plamen Mirchev, Margarita Georgieva, Sevdalin Belilov.