New records of myrmecophilous beetle Paussus turcicus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Southeastern Balkans Author Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena , Rumyana Kostova &, & Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: gjonova @ abv. bg; rumy. kostova @ gmail. com gjonova@abv.bg Author Kostova, Rumyana , Rumyana Kostova &, & Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: gjonova @ abv. bg; rumy. kostova @ gmail. com gjonova@abv.bg Author Guéorguiev, Borislav V. National Museum of Natural History, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: bobivg @ yahoo. com bobivg@yahoo.com text ZooNotes 2011 2011-05-16 2011 21 1 3 journal article 300112 10.5281/zenodo.12806703 aa5302a5-f448-4e02-9f47-0f991b2cba7b 1313-9916 12806703 Paussus turcicus I. Frivaldszky von Frivald, 1835 New records: Bulgaria : Sakar Mt. , Topolovgrad district , Ustremski manastir, 22- 23.05.1995 , 1 specimen , leg. I. Stoyanov & B. Guéorguiev ( NMNH ) ; East Rhodopes , Ivaylovgrad district , Meden buk, N41°23'01" E26°01'16" , 125 m a.s.l. , 04.05.2009 , 2 males , 2 females ), leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova ; East Rhodopes , Ivaylovgrad district , Svirachi , N41°28'38" E26°06'33" , 298 m a.s.l. , 04.05.2009 , 1 male , 2 female , leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova ; Turkey : Vize district , N of Kıyıköy , N41°39'25" E28°05'08" , 22 m a.s.l. , 24.05.2010 , 1 male , leg. A. Lapeva-Gjonova , 1 male , leg. R . Kostova . These are first data about recording of this rare myrmecophilous species on the territory of Sakar Mountain and Eastern Rhodopes ( Fig. 1 ) and it is a second report from the Rhodopes Massif. The first known finding (Krichim) is at the northern foot of the Rhodopes on the border with the Thracian Plain ( Hieke & Wrase 1988 ). New data supplements the information about the species range on the territory of South Bulgaria and European part of Turkey .