New records of Pygopleurus Motschulsky, 1860 species (Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae) from Bulgaria Author Petrova, Yana , Denis Gradinarov &, Maurizio Bollino & Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “ St. Kliment Ohridski ”, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-mail: dgradinarov @ abv. bg &, Denis Gradinarov & National Genetic Laboratory, 2 Zdrave Str., Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: yanagradinarova @ abv. bg dgradinarov@abv.bg&yanagradinarova@abv.bg Author Gradinarov, Denis , Denis Gradinarov &, Maurizio Bollino & Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “ St. Kliment Ohridski ”, 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria; e-mail: dgradinarov @ abv. bg dgradinarov@abv.bg Author Bollino, Maurizio c / o Museo di Storia naturale del Salento, 73021 Calimera (Lecce), Italy; e-mail: m. bollino @ tin. it m.bollino@tin.it text ZooNotes 2019 2019-02-05 2019 140 1 3 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12807470 1313-9916 12807470 Pygopleurus humeralis (Brullé, 1832) ( Fig. 2 : D, E, F) Material examined: Bulgaria : Kresnenski Prolom Gorge , 200 m . , 04.v.2008 , 1 ♂ , on Asteraceae, D. Gradinarov leg.; Pirin Mts. , slope above Railway station P. Yavorov , 41°45.124’N 23°09.291’E , 220 m . , 04.v.2008 , 1 ♂ , 2 ♀♀ , D. Gradinarov leg. ; Ograzhden Mts. , 2 km NW Strumeshnitsa Vill. , 41°24.708’N 23°02.147’E , 375 m . , 30.iv.2018 , pine forest, 1 ♂ , on Ranunculus sp. , Y. Petrova & D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski-Petrich Valley , Kozhuh Hill. , 100 m . , 02.v.2008 , 1 ♂ , 3 ♀♀ , D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski- Petrich Valley , Kozhuh Hill. , 41°27.648’N 23°15.309’E , 181 m . , 02.iv.2016 , 1♂ , on Anemone sp. , D. Gradinarov leg. ; the same locality and date, 1 ♂ , on Iris sp. , D. Gradinarov leg. ; Sandanski-Petrich Valley , N Kresna town , left bank of Struma Riv. , 41°44.110’N 23°09.459’E , 182 m . , 28.iv.2018 , riverside meadows, 1 ♂ , on Papaver sp. , Y. Petrova & D. Gradinarov leg. ; the same locality, 01.v.2018 , riverside meadows, 1 ♂ , on Ranunculus sp. , Y. Petrova leg. The species is distributed in Bulgaria , Greece , Macedonia and Turkey ( Nikodým & Bezděk 2016 ). In Bulgaria it is reported from Plovdiv , Malko Tarnovo, Burgas , Primorsko, Haskovo and Sakar Mountain ( Minkova 1959 , as Amphicoma vulpes ab. viridisuturata Reitt.), Sandanski-Petrich Valley and Kresna gorge (Zaharieva – Stoilova & Dimova 1980; Sakalian et al . 1993 ; Kalushkov & Dimova 1997 as Amphicoma petrovitzi Miks. ).