Balkanopetalum beskovi Strasser, 1973

Balkanopetalum beskovi Strasser, 1973, Ann. Zool., 30 (15): 427, figs 22–24. ST* (SOFM) from Topchika Cave near Dobrostan, Bulgaria. Beron, 1994, Tranteeva, 1: 83. Stoev & Beron, 2001, Arthr. Sel., 9 (2): 97. Stoev & Enghoff, 2003, Zootaxa, 272: 10, figs 7–9 (revision).

Range: caves in Central Rhodopes, Bulgaria.

Remark: The record from Garvanyovitsa Cave near Turen (Strasser 1969) which later Strasser (1973a) referred to as B.

beskovi was based on juveniles only and needs to be confirmed with new material, including adult males (cf. Stoev &

Enghoff 2003).