Loboptera decipiens decipiens (Germar, 1817)

Figures 16, 30, 52

Loboptera limbata Charp.: 1. Drenski 1939: 9 (partim).

Loboptera decipiens Germ.: 2. Drenski 1939: 9 • 3. Bey-Bienko 1950: 167 • 4. Ramme 1951: 89, 113, 415 • 5. Buresch & Peschev 1957: 314 • 6. Peshev 1962: 61 • 7. Peshev 1964: 109 • 8. Peshev 1974: 123 • 9. Peshev 1975: 94 • 10. Harz & Kaltenbach 1976: 205 • 11. Popov et al. 2001: 116 • 12. Popov & Chobanov 2004: 252 • 13. Chobanov 2012: 166.

Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 76): The species occurs in the southernmost areas of Bulgaria and along the Black Sea coast up to 600 m altitude. It inhabits xerothermic oak forests and open stony karstic habitats, occurring on the soil within grass tufts and the leaf litter.

Studied material. 602 specimens (500 adults, 102 nymphs) and 6 oothecae.

General distribution. The species distribution range covers the entire Mediterranean region, the southern parts of Europe (in the north to Romania and the Crimea) and Southwestern Asia as far as Kazakhstan in the east.