New records of millipedes and centipedes from Bulgaria, with an annotated checklist of the Bulgarian myriapods
Author
Bachvarova, Darina
Author
Vagalinski, Boyan
Author
Doichinov, Aleksandar
Author
Stoev, Pavel
text
Zootaxa
2017
4263
3
507
526
journal article
33073
10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.4
e542d309-1af6-465f-816b-3ef3e62a526e
1175-5326
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Acanthopetalum rhodopinum
Stoev, 2008
Stoev (2008): 161–164, figs 10–13, 16–20.
Material examined
(
NMNHS
):
1 ♀
,
Western
Rhodopi Mts
.
,
Plovdiv
District,
Laki Municipality
,
N 41.483307
,
E 24.512429
, road to
Belitsa
,
ca.
1.5 km
after the turn to
Borovo
, limestone slope to SW with scattered trees and bushes, in gravel,
1.V.2015
, leg.
P. Mitov
& BV, det. BV.
Remarks.
This is the first female of this species to be found and was collected exactly from one of the two original localities.
A. rhodopinum
is probably a rare local endemic, considering that all records come from a relatively small area in the northern part of
Western
Rhodopi Mts. (Stoev 2008).